Database Engineer MYSQL .

KreditBee; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the fintech sector is seeking an experienced Database Engineer to manage and optimize its database infrastructure. The candidate will be responsible for implementing highly available database platforms, ensuring scalability and performance while collaborating with diverse teams. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in relational and non-relational databases, cloud-based solutions, and scripting skills, alongside relevant educational qualifications.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in building highly available database platforms.
• Minimum 3 years relevant experience required.
• Educational background in engineering or computer science.

Responsibilities

• Design and manage database infrastructure on-premises and in the cloud.
• Perform database and SQL tuning including index creations.
• Collaborate with developers and support staff to enhance data management.

Skills

Database technologies

Performance tuning

Scripting languages

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Documentation skills

Education

BE

B.Tech

M.Tech

MCA

Tools

MySQL

MongoDB

HBase

AWS RDS

DynamoDB

Job description

We are looking for an outstanding Database Engineer with deep knowledge of and experience with a variety of relational and non-relational database technologies in a highly scalable environment. The ideal candidate should demonstrate superb technical competency in delivering mission-critical database platforms and services while ensuring the highest levels of scalability, availability, performance, and security.

Job Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage database infrastructure on-premises and in the cloud.
• Collaborate with developers, network/system engineers, vendors, and support staff in an open and creative environment.
• Analyze procedures to control the access and allocation of data.
• Oversee real-time business metric aggregation, data warehousing, querying, schema, and data management.
• Maintain security controls in supported databases.
• Establish relationships with internal customers and team members to drive collaboration.
• Primary owner of 24x7 on-call external DB support team.
• Perform database and SQL tuning, including reduction in I/Os, views, and triggers.
• Create indexes where required, considering fill factors for existing ones.

Skills and Qualifications

• Proven experience building and supporting highly available database platforms and services at scale in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficient in database technologies such as MySQL, MongoDB, HBase.
• Experience in performance tuning and optimization using native monitoring and troubleshooting tools.
• Proficient in scripting in at least one common scripting language.
• Experience supporting managed database solutions (AWS RDS, DynamoDB, AWS DocumentDB, Firestore).
• Experience building and managing database platforms through Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Strong working knowledge of HA/DR best practices and architecture.
• Strong documentation, training, and communication skills.

Optional Skills and Qualifications

• Automation using Python, Shell scripts, and PowerShell.
• Automation using Chef/Puppet is a plus.
• Experience with configuration management systems.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience operating under SOX/PCI/PII governance.
• Experience with Cassandra, Redis, and/or Elastic Cache.
• Minimum of 3 years of relevant experience.

Additional expertise includes installation, configuration, and maintenance of MySQL databases, provisioning MySQL instances (clustered and non-clustered), handling processes like upgrade, backup, recovery, migration, setting up monitoring/alarming, knowledge of HA/DR options, Linux performance tuning, and working with Percona and InnoDB engine.

Qualifications and Education Requirements: BE, B.Tech, M.Tech, MCA.