Senior Database Engineer

Backbase; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Friendly and fun work culture

Opportunities for career growth

Job summary

Backbase is looking for a Senior Database Engineer to enhance our banking platform's core data infrastructure. You'll be key in diagnosing complex database performance issues to ensure peak efficiency for millions of users.

This role requires substantial experience with large databases, particularly MySQL, and cloud database environments. You'll collaborate with development teams to optimize performance, while also enjoying a friendly and fun work culture.

Qualifications

• Solid experience with large (100TB+), highly available, and high-transaction databases.
• Deep knowledge of database fundamentals and architectures.
• Familiarity with tools for performance measurement and optimization.

Responsibilities

• Diagnose and resolve complex database performance issues.
• Provide guidance to development teams on database design.
• Analyze performance data to identify potential problems.

Skills

MySQL

Cloud databases (AWS or Azure)

Database performance optimization

SQL code performance review

Communication skills

Job description

About Backbase: Backbase is the leading AI‑powered banking platform used by financial institutions worldwide to create seamless digital experiences. As a Database Engineer in our Retail department, you'll be instrumental in optimizing the core data infrastructure that powers these experiences for millions of users, directly contributing to our mission of reinventing banking. Join our team at Backbase, known for our great work environment and opportunities for career growth. We're committed to fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and growth, where you'll work with some of the brightest and most talented people in the industry to help shape the future of digital banking.

The job in short

Are you a performance enthusiast with a deep understanding of databases, ready to be the ultimate database authority within Backbase? As a Senior Database Engineer (also known as a Performance Engineer or DBA), you'll diagnose and resolve complex database performance issues, ensuring our digital banking platform operates at peak efficiency for our global customers.

What you'll do

Database performance engineers are a cornerstone of Backbase technology. You'll provide invaluable guidance to our development teams (tribes and squads) in their approach to databases and data design, ensuring our microservices deliver optimum performance.

You'll analyze and interpret large volumes of performance data to characterize application behavior while proactively scanning for potential problems. Once an issue or bottleneck is identified, you'll build simulations to test your findings, and upon confirmation, you'll clearly explain it to Technical Architects and guide them towards a solution.

• Explain complex findings to a variety of technical audiences.
• Test Proof‑of‑Concept (PoC) products to ensure they achieve ambitious goals.
• Ensure overall software quality, scalability, and performance.
• Work closely with the cloud solutions team on their Minimum Viable Product (MVP) and launch.
• Act as a consultant to internal development teams and educate them on performance.

Who you are

As a Database Engineer at Backbase, your role expands beyond the day-to-day operations of engineering. If you're a curious go‑getter with a passion for working with people and challenging your own skill set, then this is for you.

To really tackle this role, we believe you'll need:

• Solid experience with large (100TB+), highly available, and high‑transaction databases, with MySQL being a must‑have (Oracle or MSSQL is a plus).
• Experience working with cloud databases, either AWS or Azure.
• Deep knowledge of database fundamentals and architectures, alongside SQL code performance review and optimization.
• Familiarity with standard edition tools for performance measurement, analysis, and optimization.
• Experience developing tools and methodology for isolating performance issues.
• The ability to coordinate, plan, and manage complex technical solutions.
• Excellent communication skills, able to explain complex subjects to a wide audience with different expertise levels.
• Experience with ML/LLM/AI concepts and their impact on database performance and data architecture, especially in a high‑transaction environment.
• You must be located within commuting distance to our Amsterdam office, as we work in a hybrid mode, at least twice per week from the office.

Our Perks

Loud and busy sometimes but always friendly, helpful, and super fun. We love to celebrate each other’s achievements, share jokes, and our love for food, movies, traveling, and sports. We’re one big and diverse family working towards the same goal.