Cloud Database Developer

Perceptyx; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 125,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading data solutions company in Toronto is seeking a Cloud Database Developer to design and support scalable cloud-based data platforms. You will optimize data infrastructure, ensuring high performance for analytics and reporting. The ideal candidate has extensive experience with AWS services and a strong background in database management. This hybrid role offers competitive salary and comprehensive benefits.

Benefits

Healthy medical, dental, and vision insurance

Generous parental leave benefits

Flexible paid vacation with a minimum of 10 days off

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience managing Linux-based database environments.
• Proven expertise designing, provisioning, and maintaining cloud-native database solutions in AWS.
• Experience implementing role-based security and optimizing query performance.

Responsibilities

• Design, provision, and maintain cloud-native database solutions.
• Lead ETL and data integration initiatives using AWS services.
• Collaborate with DevOps teams to integrate DB solutions into CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

AWS services integration

Database optimization

ETL processes

Linux management

NoSQL systems

Data pipeline development

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

MySQL/Aurora RDS

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

AWS Glue

Terraform

Job description

We welcome all people based in Toronto, ON to apply. This job is a hybrid role from this location.

Under the supervision of the Head of Infrastructure and Operations, the Cloud Database Developer will lead the design, deployment, and support of scalable, secure, and highly performant cloud-based data platforms. This role focuses on optimizing and modernizing the organization’s data infrastructure across relational and NoSQL systems, enabling robust analytics and reporting through AWS-native services, Snowflake, and Databricks. The developer will ensure optimal data flow, high availability, and operational excellence in support of Perceptyx’s enterprise-grade SaaS platform. This individual will provide thought leadership on database architecture and collaborate closely with application developers, DevOps, and data analysts.

Things You'll Do:

• Design, provision, and maintain cloud-native database solutions, including MySQL/Aurora RDS, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, and other open-source systems.
• Lead ETL and data integration initiatives using AWS Glue, Lambda, Step Functions, and other AWS-native tools.
• Implement data storage and pipeline solutions (e.g., S3, Snowflake, Redshift, Databricks) to support scalable analytics and reporting.
• Triage and resolve production database issues quickly and effectively, including lock/contention resolution and query performance optimization.
• Develop and maintain indexing strategies, partitioning, replication tuning, schema optimization, capacity planning, and scaling strategies for high-volume workloads.
• Utilize AWS RDS Performance Insights, CloudWatch metrics, and query analyzers for proactive performance tuning.
• Build and manage database environments through Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, or AWS CDK) with automated backup, restore, and DR strategies.
• Migrate self-managed databases to managed cloud databases (e.g., MySQL → AWS RDS/Aurora) and incorporate event-driven architecture patterns.
• Collaborate with DevOps and Infrastructure teams to integrate DB solutions into CI/CD pipelines and establish monitoring, observability, and guardrails for DB access.

Marginal Duties

• Participate in broader infrastructure and DevOps initiatives.
• Assist other engineering teams with database-related development and troubleshooting tasks.
• Serve as a mentor to junior engineers and provide thought leadership in data best practices.

Things You'll Bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related technical field preferred.
• Certifications: AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional (preferred), AWS Certified Database – Specialty (highly preferred).
• 5+ years of hands-on experience managing Linux-based database environments with MySQL, PostgreSQL, and NoSQL platforms such as MongoDB or DynamoDB.
• Proven expertise designing, provisioning, and maintaining cloud-native database solutions in AWS.
• Strong skills in ETL, data integration, and pipeline development using AWS Glue, Lambda, Step Functions, and other AWS services.
• Experience implementing role-based security, auditing, and direct DB user access guardrails.
• Proficiency in diagnosing and resolving database lock/contention issues and optimizing query performance at scale.
• Deep knowledge of indexing, partitioning, replication tuning, schema optimization, capacity planning, load testing, and scaling.
• Hands-on experience with RDS Performance Insights, CloudWatch, and other query analysis tools.
• Infrastructure-as-Code experience (Terraform, CloudFormation, AWS CDK) for database deployment and configuration.
• Experience migrating on-prem or self-managed databases to AWS-managed services and designing for event-driven, cloud-native architectures.
• Familiarity with NoSQL and polyglot persistence patterns (e.g., MongoDB, DynamoDB).
• Ability to collaborate cross-functionally with DevOps, Infrastructure, and engineering teams, integrating database solutions into CI/CD pipelines and using observability tools like Datadog or Prometheus.
• Strong communication skills for explaining trade-offs in DB design and mentoring engineers.
• Bonus Skills: Experience with AI/ML-driven optimization tools for query tuning or forecasting, serverless DB options (Aurora Serverless v2), and data governance/cross-region replication design.

Compensation: Perceptyx is focused on equitable pay for all our staff and aims for transparency with our pay practices. The annual salary range for the role is 125,000-145,000 CAD. The above salary range represents the expected base salary for this position. The actual salary may vary based on relevant skills/experience, business line, and location.

Benefits: We Care About The Whole Person

• Healthy medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family
• Life insurance up to 1x your annual salary (with a cap) paid by Perceptyx
• Generous Maternity, Paternity, and Adopter leave benefits with flexibility on when you use this benefit
• Compassionate Care Program with paid time off to care for family members
• Generous Bereavement Leave that also supports Pet Parents
• For USA employees: 401(k) plan, with company match and immediate vesting
• For Canadian employees: pension plan contributions with employer matching

Flexible Time Away

• Flexible paid vacation with a minimum of 10 days off per year.
• 16 paid holidays per year.

Setting You Up For Success

• Mac or PC laptop options
• Materials for working at home

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