Senior Database Administrator

Getmidas; Turkey; On-site; TRY 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Midas is building scalable, reliable data systems to support millions of users in Turkey. You will design, architect, and operate critical data infrastructure and own end-to-end delivery in production environments.

You'll optimize PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka, and Elasticsearch, manage backups and replication, ensure high availability, monitor observability, and collaborate with product and cross-functional teams to maximize value for customers.

Responsibilities

• Design, architect, and operate scalable data infrastructure to support high-throughput operations.
• Own the day-to-day administration, backups, replication, capacity planning, and performance optimization of datastores.
• Collaborate with product and cross-functional teams to deliver maximum customer value and communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Own end-to-end delivery, including performance monitoring, observability, and proactive incident management in production environments.
• Provide technical guidance and foster best practices within the Datastore, Messaging, and Reliability domain through knowledge sharing and peer reviews.
• Lead operational excellence, scaling, and continuous improvement of PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka, and Elasticsearch systems, ensuring high availability and strong reliability practices.

Skills

Scaling systems

Reliability engineering

Observability

Stakeholder communication

Cross-functional teams

Production readiness

Tools

PostgreSQL

Redis

Kafka

Elasticsearch

TimescaleDB

SQL Server

Altibase

Kubernetes (StatefulSets)

Job description

At Midas, we are working on real-life engineering challenges to transform the world of finance.

We’ve transformed investing in Turkey by delivering a seamless experience for everyday investors.

Today, 4 million users invest with Midas. Backed by an $80M Series B, the largest fintech investment ever in Turkey, we are scaling faster than ever.

What You'll Do:

• Design, architect, and operate scalable, robust systems across critical data infrastructure to support high-throughput operations.
• Own the day-to-day administration, tuning, and continuous improvement of our datastores — including backups, recovery, replication, capacity planning, and performance optimization.
• Work with product and cross-functional teams to deliver maximum customer value and communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Own end-to-end delivery, including performance monitoring, observability, and proactive incident management in production environments.
• Provide technical guidance and foster best practices within the Datastore, Messaging, and Reliability domain through knowledge sharing and peer reviews.
• Lead the operational excellence, scaling, and continuous improvement of PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka, and Elasticsearch systems, ensuring high availability, performance, and strong reliability practices.

What You'll Bring:

• Experience solving large-scale problems for millions of users through scalable and reliable systems.
• Extensive hands‑on experience in database administration, with deep expertise in PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka, and Elasticsearch.
• Strong background in production reliability, including high availability, disaster recovery, replication, and performance tuning at scale.
• Experience working within large and complex technical ecosystems, with strong database management and data streaming expertise.
• Ability to navigate technical and organizational dependencies, balancing trade-offs with partner teams and aligning technical strategy with business priorities.
• Solid understanding of monitoring, observability, and incident management practices in production environments.
• Nice to have: Hands‑on experience with Kubernetes, particularly using StatefulSets for stateful workloads.
• Nice to have: Working knowledge of SQL Server, TimescaleDB, and Altibase.