Senior PostgreSQL & Open Source DBA — Kubernetes Hybrid

The French Sourcer; Basel; Hybrid; CHF 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Up to two remote days per week

Part-time possible from 80%

55% of pension contributions covered

Extra days off with seniority

Continuous training and certifications

Job summary

The French Sourcer is seeking a senior database engineer in Basel, Switzerland, to design and operate complex PostgreSQL, MariaDB, and MySQL infrastructures. Hybrid work allows on-site and remote contributions across client projects with a focus on high-availability clusters and production-grade deployments.

You'll work with Patroni, PgBouncer, Galera, and containerized databases on Docker/Kubernetes, contribute to performance tuning, and document insights for the wider team.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in database administration and infrastructure management.
• Deep PostgreSQL experience, including EDB, Patroni and PgBouncer.
• Solid experience with MariaDB and Galera clusters.
• Hands-on experience running databases on Docker and Kubernetes.
• Advanced Linux skills (RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu).
• EU or EFTA passport for Swiss work permit.

Responsibilities

• Designing and building open source database infrastructures for clients, on site or remotely.
• Running high availability setups with Patroni, pgpool-II, HAProxy and PgBouncer.
• Deploying and running databases on Docker and Kubernetes in production.
• Acting as the technical escalation point on performance and infrastructure issues.
• Sharing learnings through the internal knowledge base.

Skills

Database administration

Infrastructure management

Linux administration

Education

Master's degree in computer science or related field

Tools

PostgreSQL

EDB Postgres

Patroni

PgBouncer

MariaDB

Galera

Docker

Kubernetes

HAProxy

Job description

The French Sourcer is seeking a senior database engineer in Basel, Switzerland, to design and operate complex PostgreSQL, MariaDB, and MySQL infrastructures. Hybrid work allows on-site and remote contributions across client projects with a focus on high-availability clusters and production-grade deployments.

You'll work with Patroni, PgBouncer, Galera, and containerized databases on Docker/Kubernetes, contribute to performance tuning, and document insights for the wider team.