Software Engineer (DevOps) - Database Reliability

Revolut Ltd; gmina Zielonki; Hybrid; EUR 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company is on the lookout for a talented DevOps Engineer with a strong focus on database reliability. This exciting role involves developing self-service tools for a diverse engineering team, automating database provisioning, and ensuring system reliability through proactive monitoring. Join a forward-thinking organization that prioritizes employee experience and fosters a culture of excellence. With a global reach and commitment to diversity, this position offers the chance to work on cutting-edge financial features that impact millions. If you're ready to make a difference in the tech world, this opportunity is for you.

Benefits

Financial benefits

Flexible work location

Free Revolut Metal subscription

Exciting team events

Qualifications

• Experience with PostgreSQL clusters management and lifecycle tasks.
• Strong troubleshooting skills for production issues and performance tuning.

Responsibilities

• Develop self-service database tools for over 1k engineers.
• Lead incident response for production database issues.

Skills

PostgreSQL Management

Database Automation

Incident Response

Performance Tuning

Cloud Providers (GCP, AWS)

Monitoring and Observability

Database Security

Troubleshooting Production Issues

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Tools

NewRelic

Prometheus

Kubernetes

Job description

Software Engineer (DevOps) - Database Reliability

About Revolut

People deserve more from their money. More visibility, more control, and more freedom. Since 2015, Revolut has been on a mission to deliver just that. Our powerhouse of products — including spending, saving, investing, exchanging, travelling, and more — help our 50+ million customers get more from their money every day.

As we continue our lightning-fast growth, 2 things are essential to our success: our people and our culture. In recognition of our outstanding employee experience, we've been certified as a Great Place to Work. So far, we have 10,000+ people working around the world, from our offices and remotely, to help us achieve our mission. And we're looking for more brilliant people. People who love building great products, redefining success, and turning the complexity of a chaotic world into the simplicity of a beautiful solution.

About the role

Our Technology team isn’t just one of the best in the industry, it’s one of the best in the world. And we’re proud of it. It’s our driving force — our engine.

From building a new financial backend to creating an innovative app, there’s nothing they can’t do. We aren’t here to fix legacy systems. We're here to build world-class financial features from the ground up that'll be used by millions of people around the world.

We're looking for a DevOps Engineer with database expertise to join our Site Reliability team and drive automation and tooling to manage, scale, and maintain our databases.

Up for the challenge? Let's get in touch.

What you'll be doing

• Developing self-service database tools used by over 1k engineers
• Building and optimising automation for database provisioning, scaling, and maintenance
• Leading and supporting incident response for production database issues, ensuring reliability and fast recovery
• Delivering scalable, user-friendly platforms for provisioning and configuration management (IaC) across our product teams
• Monitoring and optimising resource costs to ensure efficient use and minimise waste
• Implementing out-of-the-box observability solutions for proactive system monitoring
• Ensuring compliance with industry standards through automated processes and continuous checks

What you'll need

• Experience managing highly available PostgreSQL clusters on bare metal or cloud outside of managed services
• Operational experience with PostgreSQL lifecycle tasks, including version upgrades, backup and restore workflows, replication configuration, and DR strategy implementation
• A deep understanding of PostgreSQL internals, including query planning, indexing strategies, vacuuming, performance tuning, and partitioning
• Monitoring and observability experience with PostgreSQL
• Knowledge of database security, including TLS setup, roles, auditing, and encryption at rest/in transit
• To be comfortable troubleshooting live production issues, including performance degradation, lock contention, replication lag, or node failures
• Experience with cloud providers, such as GCP and AWS
• Experience with distributed systems, including scaling, fault-tolerance, load-balancing, networking, security, etc.

Nice to have

• Experience using Consul for highly available database clusters
• Experience monitoring solutions, such as NewRelic, StackDriver, Prometheus, etc.
• Familiarity with HashiCorp Vault
• Experience as a backend developer
• Familiarity with Java and Python database drivers
• Experience with continuous delivery using Kubernetes

Building a global financial super app isn’t enough. Our Revoluters are a priority, and that’s why in 2021 we launched our inaugural D&I Framework, designed to help us thrive and grow everyday. We're not just doing this because it's the right thing to do. We’re doing it because we know that seeking out diverse talent and creating an inclusive workplace is the way to create exceptional, innovative products and services for our customers. That’s why we encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences to join this multicultural, hard-working team.

Important notice for candidates:

Job scams are on the rise. Please keep these guidelines in mind when applying for any open roles.

• Only apply through official Revolut channels. We don’t use any third-party services or platforms for our recruitment.

• Always double-check the emails you receive. Make sure all communications are being done through official Revolut emails, with an @revolut.com domain.

We won't ask for payment or personal financial information during the hiring process. If anyone does ask you for this, it’s a scam. Report it immediately.

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Benefits at Revolut

No ping pong tables or bean bag chairs, just benefits you actually want

Get what you need to succeed

• Financial benefits that show we value your work
• Flexibility to work from home, the office or abroad
• A free Revolut Metal subscription loaded with perks
• Exciting events year-round so you can get to know your team

Revoluters always push through! We stopped listening to excuses a long time ago - we care about results. We believe that grit, determination, skill, smartness, and courage can break through almost any wall.

Deliver WOW

We love building great products, we love delighting our customers, we love turning the complexity of a chaotic world into the simplicity of a beautiful solution that truly solves customer needs.

Dream Team

We select, coach, and retain the top talent only and give them all the support to achieve greatness

Never Settle

Revolut is for those who always strive for excellence, for those who want to become the best in the world at what they do, for those who would never settle for less. Revolut is for 10x people.

Think Deeper

Logic, reason, and common sense prevail over everything else in decision making at Revolut. We are open-minded, we listen, and we are always in search of the truth.