Database Reliability Engineer: Postgres & Observability

Starling Bank; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Birthday day off

Pension scheme

Life insurance 4x salary

Private Medical Insurance

Job summary

Starling Bank is seeking a data engineering professional to modernize and scale the RDS footprint, build deep observability, and implement cross-cloud portability. The role focuses on PostgreSQL, Terraform-driven automation, and Java services to ensure data durability, rapid recovery, and secure operations.

You will work in a hybrid environment with a strong emphasis on reliability, security, and global data workflows, delivering high-quality software that supports Starling's mission of

Qualifications

• Hands-on PostgreSQL experience including core concepts like indexing and performance tuning.
• Terraform and Java automation for infra and data tooling.
• Experience with multi-region data platforms and distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Modernize and scale the RDS fleet using Terraform for database management and performance tuning.
• Build proactive observability for a global database fleet with metrics platforms.
• Design and implement disaster recovery strategies across regions.
• Architect cross-cloud portability using CNPG and cloud-native patterns.
• Develop production-grade Java microservices for monitoring, failover, and replication workflows.

Skills

PostgreSQL

Terraform

Java

Observability

Distributed systems

Cloud-native

Security mindset

Tools

Prometheus

Grafana

Sentry

Humio

CNPG (CloudNativePG)

Job description

Starling Bank is seeking a data engineering professional to modernize and scale the RDS footprint, build deep observability, and implement cross-cloud portability. The role focuses on PostgreSQL, Terraform-driven automation, and Java services to ensure data durability, rapid recovery, and secure operations.

You will work in a hybrid environment with a strong emphasis on reliability, security, and global data workflows, delivering high-quality software that supports Starling's mission of