Senior PostgreSQL DBA - Build High-Perf Time Series DB

Hunter Bond; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 99,000 - 121,000; Full time

Job summary

Elite FinTech Firm in London is seeking a highly skilled PostgreSQL DBA to help build a zero-downtime, low-latency database infrastructure. You will work with a team of engineers and contribute to a new high-performance time-series database architecture.

You will automate many aspects of the data stack, design PostgreSQL solutions, and optimise performance for scale. The role offers hybrid work in London and an industry-leading package with substantial bonus potential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of PostgreSQL administration required.
• Knowledge of performance tuning is a plus.
• Knowledge of Linux is essential.
• Exposure to Ansible, Terraform, Kubernetes, Puppet, Chef, CI/CD, Docker, Prometheus is desirable.
• Exposure to Python, C#, or PowerShell is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Maintain zero-downtime, low-latency database infrastructure as part of a engineers team.
• Automate processes and workflows across the data stack.
• Contribute to the build of a new high-performance time-series database (similar to ClickHouse).
• Design and provision new PostgreSQL solutions and architectures.
• Tune performance and optimise systems for scale and reliability.

Skills

PostgreSQL administration

Linux administration

Performance tuning

Python

C#

PowerShell

CI/CD

Tools

PostgreSQL

Linux

Ansible

Terraform

Kubernetes

Puppet

Chef

CI/CD

Docker

Prometheus

Job description

Elite FinTech Firm in London is seeking a highly skilled PostgreSQL DBA to help build a zero-downtime, low-latency database infrastructure. You will work with a team of engineers and contribute to a new high-performance time-series database architecture.

You will automate many aspects of the data stack, design PostgreSQL solutions, and optimise performance for scale. The role offers hybrid work in London and an industry-leading package with substantial bonus potential.