Cloud-Scale Database Platform Engineer

G-Research; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Highly competitive compensation

Annual discretionary bonus

Lunch provided

30 days’ annual leave

9% company pension contributions

Comprehensive healthcare and life assurance

Informal dress code

Job summary

A fast-growing software-driven organization in Greater London is seeking an experienced Database Platform Engineer to join their Data Services team. The role focuses on designing and operating critical database platforms, ensuring high availability and performance. Ideal candidates will have strong expertise in technologies such as PostgreSQL, MSSQL Server, and MySQL, as well as skills in Python and Linux automation. A competitive salary, excellent work/life balance, and comprehensive benefits are offered.

Qualifications

• Strong experience with relational database platforms like PostgreSQL, MSSQL Server, MySQL, and CockroachDB.
• Good understanding of database internals including query execution and replication.
• Hands-on experience running databases at scale.

Responsibilities

• Building, operating, and scaling distributed database services across AWS environments.
• Supporting large-scale deployments ensuring high availability and disaster recovery.
• Collaborating with application and research teams to design database solutions.

Skills

PostgreSQL

MSSQL Server

MySQL

CockroachDB

Python

Linux

Terraform

Ansible

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS RDS

Grafana

Prometheus

Job description

A fast-growing software-driven organization in Greater London is seeking an experienced Database Platform Engineer to join their Data Services team. The role focuses on designing and operating critical database platforms, ensuring high availability and performance. Ideal candidates will have strong expertise in technologies such as PostgreSQL, MSSQL Server, and MySQL, as well as skills in Python and Linux automation. A competitive salary, excellent work/life balance, and comprehensive benefits are offered.