Lisbon Onsite DBA for AI-Powered Platform

Air Apps; Paris; On-site; EUR 55,000 - 69,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Apple hardware ecosystem for work.

Annual Bonus

Top-tier Health and Life Insurance

Transportation Budget

Coverflex benefits package for meals,

Childcare support

Air Conference

Pension Fund

Urban Sports Club membership

Meals 100% free at the hub

Job summary

Air Apps is seeking a skilled Database Administrator to design, optimize, and secure large-scale database systems for our AI-powered platform. You will work with PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, and cloud services to ensure high availability and data integrity, while aligning with GDPR and security standards.

The role is fully onsite at our Lisbon office, with relocation support possible. You will collaborate with engineering and DevOps teams to implement robust backup, recovery, and CI/CD integrated

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience as a Database Administrator (DBA) or similar role.
• Expertise in relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server) and/or NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Redis, Cassandra, DynamoDB).
• Strong knowledge of database optimization, indexing, partitioning, and replication.
• Experience with cloud database services (AWS RDS, Aurora, Google Cloud Spanner, Azure SQL).
• Understanding of data security best practices, encryption, and compliance requirements.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain high-performance database systems to support large-scale applications.
• Optimize database queries, indexing strategies, and partitioning to enhance performance.
• Monitor database health, ensuring high availability, scalability, and disaster recovery.
• Manage and fine-tune SQL and NoSQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, DynamoDB).
• Implement database security policies, encryption, and access control to protect sensitive data.
• Automate database backups, replication, and failover mechanisms.
• Work closely with developers to optimize queries, schema design, and data modeling.
• Perform capacity planning and monitor database growth trends.
• Ensure compliance with data governance, GDPR, and other regulatory requirements.

Skills

Relational databases

NoSQL databases

Database optimization

Performance tuning

Query optimization

Data security

Tools

PostgreSQL

MySQL

SQL Server

MongoDB

Redis

Cassandra

DynamoDB

Job description

Air Apps is seeking a skilled Database Administrator to design, optimize, and secure large-scale database systems for our AI-powered platform. You will work with PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, and cloud services to ensure high availability and data integrity, while aligning with GDPR and security standards.

The role is fully onsite at our Lisbon office, with relocation support possible. You will collaborate with engineering and DevOps teams to implement robust backup, recovery, and CI/CD integrated