System Engineer - PostgreSQL

Berkeley Square IT; City Of London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global FinTech company is seeking a Database SRE to enhance their Infrastructure team. The role involves designing, building, and maintaining PostgreSQL and MySQL infrastructure for trading strategies, requiring at least 5 years of experience and strong Linux and Python skills. The company offers a dynamic work environment with long-term growth potential.

Qualifications

• At least 5+ years of experience in database management and infrastructure engineering.
• Extensive experience with PostgreSQL or MySQL.
• Proven expertise in designing and implementing production database infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain PostgreSQL and MySQL infrastructure.
• Configure and scale PostgreSQL and MySQL servers.
• Investigate and improve performance of PostgreSQL and MySQL queries.

Skills

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Linux/Debian

Python scripting

Tools

Terraform

Salt

Job description

My client, a leading global FinTech company, are recruiting for a Database SRE to join their Infrastructure team to build and maintain the worldwide platforms used for producing trading strategies. You will be working on the end-to-end processes of designing, building and maintaining the production database infrastructure.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain PostgreSQL and MySQL infrastructure and support the distributed trading infrastructure.
• Configure and scale PostgreSQL and MySQL servers for trade-critical, real-time workflows
• Investigate and improve performance of PostgreSQL and MySQL queries and supporting infrastructure
• Create and apply infrastructure-as-code tools and services (Salt, Terraform, and others)

Experience required:

• At least 5+ years of experience working in database management and infrastructure engineering
• Must have extensive experience with PostgreSQL or MySQL
• Strong experience working on Linux/ Debian
• Ability to write Python scripts
• Proven expertise in designing and implementing production database infrastructure

If you are looking to join an extremely successful company with a bright future ahead of them, please apply with an updated CV for immediate review and consideration