DataOps Engineer — Cloud DBs, Snowflake & AI Tools

PayNearMe; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Phone stipend

WFH setup stipend

Monitor allowance

Keyboard & mouse allowance

Premium medical benefits

401k plan

Flexible Time Off

Volunteer Time Off

Paid parental bonding leave

Job summary

PayNearMe is hiring a DataOps Engineer to design, implement, and maintain cloud databases in AWS. You will work on Aurora PostgreSQL/MySQL and Snowflake, with dbt for transformations and Terraform/OpenTofu for IAC. The role supports engineering teams through data modeling, governance, and cost optimization.

You will collaborate with a cross‑functional team, monitor database health with Datadog and AWS tools, and help scale our data platform as we expand our PayNearMe data capabilities.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of cloud database design & implementation experience.
• Proficiency with SQL databases including Aurora PostgreSQL, Aurora MySQL, and Snowflake.
• Strong SQL skills and ability to write performant queries for MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SnowSQL.
• Experience with database IAC frameworks (Terraform/OpenTofu).
• Solid relational database design and data modeling expertise.
• Familiarity with AI-powered tools and scripting for automation in monitoring/maintenance.
• Experience with data security and data governance techniques.
• AWS services monitoring (RDS Insights, CloudWatch) and Datadog; AWS Certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assist senior engineers in data model and schema design; participate in code reviews.
• Support SQL performance tuning for applications, storage, and networking.
• Explore and adopt AI-powered tools to increase DataOps efficiency.
• Follow processes for data quality, governance, testing, and monitoring.
• Assist in analyzing current systems and support DB design implementations for business apps.
• Maintain data models, naming standards, and best practices; ensure adherence.

Skills

SQL

Python

Data modeling

AWS

Automation

Communication

Data security

Monitoring

Tools

Aurora PostgreSQL

Aurora MySQL

Snowflake

dbt

Terraform/OpenTofu

Looker

Datadog

RDS Insights

Job description

PayNearMe is hiring a DataOps Engineer to design, implement, and maintain cloud databases in AWS. You will work on Aurora PostgreSQL/MySQL and Snowflake, with dbt for transformations and Terraform/OpenTofu for IAC. The role supports engineering teams through data modeling, governance, and cost optimization.

You will collaborate with a cross‑functional team, monitor database health with Datadog and AWS tools, and help scale our data platform as we expand our PayNearMe data capabilities.