Senior Database Architect – Remote, Stock Options

Yuno; Argentina; On-site; ARS 178,909,546 - 268,364,320; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Home office stipend

Stock options

Health plan

Flexible days off

Growth courses

Job summary

Yuno is seeking a Senior Database Administrator to own the data layer powering our payment processing systems and the platform that provisions, deploys, and manages AI agents at scale on AWS. You will drive database architecture decisions for performance, scalability, and high availability as the platform grows.

You will mentor engineers, optimize databases, and shape data migration strategies while collaborating with engineering and DevOps to ensure reliability and security across production

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS or related field.
• 4+ years hands-on experience as a Database Administrator in production environments.
• Deep PostgreSQL expertise—performance tuning, indexing, replication, and query optimization at scale.
• AWS with RDS, EC2, VPC, IAM, and S3; networking basics for DB connectivity.
• CDC (Change Data Capture) integrations.
• Database security—access controls, encryption, auditing, and compliance for payment data.
• Infrastructure as Code—Terraform experience, preferably via PR-reviewed changes.
• Python proficiency for automation and scripting.
• Backup/recovery and disaster recovery planning for critical systems.
• Distributed systems debugging in production.

Responsibilities

• Own maintenance, patching, and upgrades across our database fleet.
• Lead performance tuning, indexing strategy, and query optimization for high-throughput systems.
• Design and own backup/recovery strategy, replication, and DR planning.
• Automate database provisioning and maintenance with Terraform.
• Plan and execute complex data migrations with minimal downtime.
• Build dashboards, alerts, and monitors for DB health and performance.
• Mentor engineers on database best practices and architecture decisions.

Skills

PostgreSQL

AWS

Terraform

Python

Backups

Disaster Recovery

Data migration

Monitoring

Security

Datadog

Docker

Kubernetes

English

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

RDS

EC2

VPC

IAM

S3

CDC

Job description

Yuno is seeking a Senior Database Administrator to own the data layer powering our payment processing systems and the platform that provisions, deploys, and manages AI agents at scale on AWS. You will drive database architecture decisions for performance, scalability, and high availability as the platform grows.

You will mentor engineers, optimize databases, and shape data migration strategies while collaborating with engineering and DevOps to ensure reliability and security across production