Database CloudOps

Salmon Group; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote work

Company-provided tools

Medical insurance support

Mental health support

Vacation days and holidays

Team trips to Manila

Job summary

Salmon Group is seeking a remote, high-load PostgreSQL specialist to help keep our financial tech infrastructure reliable, secure, and scalable. You will own critical database operations, migrations, and performance tuning in a distributed AWS data stack, collaborating closely with developers.

With 3–5+ years in software or data engineering, you’ll optimize queries, manage schemas, and reduce bottlenecks using Terraform, Aurora/RDS, and containerized tooling.

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years of professional experience in software engineering or data engineering.
• Strong knowledge of PostgreSQL—query optimization, indexing, replication, and performance troubleshooting.
• Experience with large-scale data systems, ETL pipelines, or distributed backend systems.
• Solid understanding of SQL performance tuning, schema design, and transaction management.
• Hands-on experience with Linux systems, monitoring tools, and automation scripting, plus familiarity with AWS services (Aurora, RDS, Redshift, Kafka Debezium connectors).
• Basic understanding of CI/CD pipelines, Git, and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).

Responsibilities

• Own a high-load PostgreSQL environment running around 20,000 transactions per minute, where reliability and fast incident response are non-negotiable
• Work across a modern AWS data stack (RDS, Aurora) managed through Terraform, alongside engineers who rely on your calls on schema and query design
• Partner closely with the development team on database architecture, query optimization, and new database-related projects and services
• Support and administer a high-load PostgreSQL database handling roughly 20,000 transactions per minute
• Perform and maintain zero-downtime (seamless) database migrations
• Proactively identify and resolve database issues and performance bottlenecks
• Configure and maintain PostgreSQL infrastructure in AWS (RDS, Aurora) through Terraform
• Drive database architecture optimization, performance tuning, and bottleneck analysis, and propose improvements
• Own incident and performance management for databases, and take the initiative to flag issues and propose work — not just handle incoming tickets

Skills

PostgreSQL

SQL tuning

Linux

AWS

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

Performance tuning

Incidents

Data engineering

Tools

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS RDS/Aurora

Kafka Debezium

Job description

Work on financial products that change the market

Location

Serbia; European Union; Georgia; Poland

Employment Type

Full time

Location Type

Remote

Department

Salmon is a technology-driven financial company building a banking and lending platform across Southeast Asia, starting in the Philippines.

We combine global fintech expertise with deep local market knowledge to make financial services simple, accessible, and useful for millions of people across the region.

7M+ app downloads. 2M+ monthly active users. 7,000+ partner stores. US$310M+ raised from leading global investors.

Manila-based, globally distributed, and hybrid-first — our team spans 45+ countries.

If you want to solve complex problems at scale and impact how millions of people access and manage money, come build with us.

Southeast Asia's fintech moment starts here.

About the role:

As Salmon's engineering team grows, you'll help keep our high-load PostgreSQL infrastructure reliable, secure, and ready to scale with the business.

What you'll do:

Own a high-load PostgreSQL environment running around 20,000 transactions per minute, where reliability and fast incident response are non-negotiable

Work across a modern AWS data stack (RDS, Aurora) managed through Terraform, alongside engineers who rely on your calls on schema and query design

Partner closely with the development team on database architecture, query optimization, and new database-related projects and services

What you'll own:

Support and administer a high-load PostgreSQL database handling roughly 20,000 transactions per minute

Perform and maintain zero-downtime (seamless) database migrations

Proactively identify and resolve database issues and performance bottlenecks

Configure and maintain PostgreSQL infrastructure in AWS (RDS, Aurora) through Terraform

Drive database architecture optimization, performance tuning, and bottleneck analysis, and propose improvements

Own incident and performance management for databases, and take the initiative to flag issues and propose work — not just handle incoming tickets

What makes you a strong fit:

3–5+ years of professional experience in software engineering or data engineering

Strong knowledge of PostgreSQL — query optimization, indexing strategies, replication, and performance troubleshooting

Experience with large-scale data systems, ETL pipelines, or distributed backend systems

Solid understanding of SQL performance tuning, schema design, and transaction management

Hands-on experience with Linux systems, monitoring tools, and automation scripting, plus familiarity with AWS services (Aurora, RDS, Redshift, Kafka Debezium connectors)

Basic understanding of CI/CD pipelines, Git, and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)

What we offer:

Ownership and flexibility

Fully remote work with core collaboration hours from 12:00 to 6:00 PM Manila time (UTC+8)

Company-provided tools and equipment

Health and time off

Medical insurance support for you and your family through co-funding or reimbursement, depending on your location and subject to policy limits

Access to an internal mental health support specialist

22 vacation days, Philippine public holidays, and 15 sick days

Growth and team experience

Opportunities to learn and share your expertise through internal expert meetups, external conferences, speaking opportunities, and industry publications

Company-sponsored trips to Manila to meet and work with your team in person

High-performing teams can earn a dedicated beach house week in Southeast Asia

We believe strong teams are built by people with different backgrounds, experiences, and points of view. Salmon is an equal opportunity employer, and we make hiring decisions based on skills, experience, and potential.