Senior Database Specialist

Doghouse Recruitment; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 99,000 - 121,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous bonus scheme

Job summary

Doghouse Recruitment is helping an Amsterdam-based proprietary trading firm recruit a Database Platform Engineer specializing in PostgreSQL. You will own backup, restore, security and monitoring standards and ensure fast, scalable workloads with replication and failover.

Build a self-service platform and advise on database design as the firm moves its cloud direction forward. You will work closely with engineers and traders, with a liberal, autonomous culture in a fast-growing environment.

Qualifications

• Hands-on PostgreSQL production experience with focus on backups, restore, security and monitoring.
• Experience designing recovery strategies and testing them.
• Automation mindset: IaC, Git and CI/CD are second nature.
• Ability to own a domain and explain trade-offs to developers, quants and traders.

Responsibilities

• Set the standard for backups, restore, security and monitoring for PostgreSQL databases.
• Keep high-volume, latency-sensitive workloads fast with growth and replication/failover.
• Build a self-service PostgreSQL platform for dev teams without a dedicated DB expert.
• Advise on database design and help shape the firm's cloud direction.

Skills

PostgreSQL production

Backups & recovery

Automation / IaC

Git & CI/CD

Cloud (GCP)

Kubernetes

Time-series data

Financial services domain

Tools

Kubernetes

Google Cloud

Job description

Proprietary Trading | Amsterdam | up to € 110K + excellent bonus scheme

Every trade, every risk calculation and every PnL report starts with data that has to be there, instantly and without fail. My client, a fast-growing derivatives trading firm in the heart of Amsterdam.

You won't inherit a mature team with fixed processes. You'll define the discipline yourself. The firm is investing in a modern data organisation, and reliable, well-managed databases sit at the core of it. You'll work closely with a Data Platform Engineer, report directly to the Head of Data, and have a real voice in where the data platform goes next.

Your mission

• Set the standard for how every PostgreSQL database in the firm is backed up, restored, secured and monitored, and prove it works under regulatory scrutiny.
• Keep high-volume, latency-sensitive workloads fast as the firm builds more on them, from query plans to replication and failover.
• Build a self-service PostgreSQL platform that development teams can rely on without needing a database expert in the room.
• Become the go-to advisor on database design, coaching engineers and shaping the firm's cloud direction.

You'll thrive here if you have

• Several years of hands-on PostgreSQL experience in production, with a solid grasp of how the engine works under the hood.
• A track record of designing recovery strategies and actually testing them, not just writing them down.
• A habit of automating everything: infrastructure as code, Git and CI/CD are second nature.
• The confidence to own a domain on your own, and the communication skills to explain database trade-offs to developers, quants and traders alike.

Extra points for: experience with time-series data, Kubernetes, Google Cloud, Redis or MongoDB, or a background in financial services or another regulated environment.

What's in it for you

A base salary of €110K plus a very generous bonus scheme, a role where you build something lasting from day one, and an informal, international culture with short decision lines and lots of autonomy.