Senior AWS PostgreSQL Data Engineer - Pipelines & CDC

Remotedxb; Dubai; On-site; AED 391,000 - 725,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision plans

401(k) with company match

Paid time off including vacation, sick

Parental and military leave

Full-flex work week

Job summary

Remotedxb in Dubai is seeking a seasoned PostgreSQL administrator to manage AWS RDS/Aurora PostgreSQL environments, design data pipelines, and support major application releases. The role emphasizes performance tuning, Python automation, and robust data movement.

The candidate should have 5+ years of related experience, expertise in AWS services, and knowledge of CDC/streaming architectures using DMS and Kafka to support enterprise data workloads.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or Information Systems.
• 5+ years of related experience.
• AWS RDS/Aurora PostgreSQL administration expertise.
• Advanced SQL and performance tuning skills.
• Python for data engineering and automation.

Responsibilities

• Administer and support AWS-hosted PostgreSQL (RDS/Aurora) environments.
• Manage database snapshot retention, restoration, and refresh processes.
• Provide database/migration support for major application releases.
• Monitor health, storage, connections, locks, and replication status.
• Perform advanced SQL performance tuning and query optimization.
• Design, build, and maintain data pipelines using Python, SQL, and AWS data services.
• Support change data capture (CDC) and streaming architectures using AWS DMS and Kafka.
• Develop automation scripts for data movement and validation.

Skills

Python for data engineering and auto

Advanced SQL and performance tuning

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or Information Systems

Tools

AWS RDS/Aurora PostgreSQL

AWS DMS

Kinesis

Debezium

Snowflake

Databricks

Kafka

Job description

Remotedxb in Dubai is seeking a seasoned PostgreSQL administrator to manage AWS RDS/Aurora PostgreSQL environments, design data pipelines, and support major application releases. The role emphasizes performance tuning, Python automation, and robust data movement.

The candidate should have 5+ years of related experience, expertise in AWS services, and knowledge of CDC/streaming architectures using DMS and Kafka to support enterprise data workloads.