Senior Database Engineer - AWS Cloud & Automation

Zopa; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading peer-to-peer lending company in the UK seeks a Senior Database Engineer to manage critical databases hosted in AWS. You will perform maintenance, support stakeholders, and work alongside platform and development teams to ensure optimal database performance. The ideal candidate has cloud knowledge, experience with PostgreSQL and SQL Server, and a willingness to learn about AI technologies. This hybrid role offers flexible working arrangements, with optional international work up to 120 days a year.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Opportunity to work from abroad

Support for work-life balance

Qualifications

• Experience with AWS services - RDS, EC2, IAM, S3, DMS, CloudWatch.
• Knowledge of SQL Server AlwaysOn availability groups.
• Previous experience using AI and DB monitoring tools.

Responsibilities

• Perform standard database maintenance and administration tasks.
• Support database team stakeholders on BAU activities.
• Ensure optimal performance from database systems.

Skills

Cloud IaaS and PaaS knowledge with AWS services

Experience managing Aurora PostgreSQL

Ability to write and execute SQL scripts

Willingness to learn about latest cloud & AI technologies

High service delivery levels for incidents

Prioritisation of projects and tasks

Tools

AWS RDS

Terraform

Jira

Job description

A leading peer-to-peer lending company in the UK seeks a Senior Database Engineer to manage critical databases hosted in AWS. You will perform maintenance, support stakeholders, and work alongside platform and development teams to ensure optimal database performance. The ideal candidate has cloud knowledge, experience with PostgreSQL and SQL Server, and a willingness to learn about AI technologies. This hybrid role offers flexible working arrangements, with optional international work up to 120 days a year.