Senior Platform Database Engineer - Scale and Reliability

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

Job summary

A leading Ed-Tech company in the UK is seeking a Database Platform Engineer to ensure the availability and performance of mission-critical databases. This role involves collaborating with engineering teams to enhance scalability and observing operational stability. The ideal candidate has extensive PostgreSQL experience and familiarity with cloud infrastructure, particularly AWS. Join this dynamic environment where your contributions will matter significantly and shape the future of personalized learning.

Benefits

Generous monthly allowance for lessons

Learning & Development budget

Competitive financial package with equity

Qualifications

• Experience with operating PostgreSQL at high traffic in Master/Replica setups.
• Experience with distributed systems in the cloud.
• Proficient in DB monitoring and troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

• Own the availability and performance of mission-critical databases.
• Improve the system's scalability and observability.
• Build tooling to improve our platform and accelerate software development.

Skills

PostgreSQL

Distributed systems

DB Capacity Planning

Performance optimisation

Cloud infrastructure (AWS)

DB monitoring

Communication (B2 English)

Tools

Django

RDS Aurora

NoSQL DBs

Python

Bash

Job description

A leading Ed-Tech company in the UK is seeking a Database Platform Engineer to ensure the availability and performance of mission-critical databases. This role involves collaborating with engineering teams to enhance scalability and observing operational stability. The ideal candidate has extensive PostgreSQL experience and familiarity with cloud infrastructure, particularly AWS. Join this dynamic environment where your contributions will matter significantly and shape the future of personalized learning.