Remote Senior PostgreSQL Database Engineer | AWS Performance

Discovery Machine, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Discovery Machine, Inc. is seeking a senior database engineer focused exclusively on core database development, query optimization, and infrastructure performance tuning. This role is not about application development or frontend/backend software features.

You will optimize complex views, design efficient index architectures, and ensure cluster stability across our production cloud footprint, primarily on Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL. A Secret clearance is required.

Qualifications

• Active Secret clearance is required.
• 7+ years of PostgreSQL-focused database engineering/DBA experience.
• Experience with AWS database services (RDS/Aurora) and performance tuning.
• Experience with Git/GitLab pipelines to manage DB scripts and DDL changes.

Responsibilities

• Design and optimize complex PostgreSQL views and indexes to minimize latency.
• Maintain production Aurora PostgreSQL clusters and tune performance.
• Validate schema updates and promote changes through GitLab pipelines.
• Troubleshoot database-level issues and monitor engine health.

Skills

PostgreSQL optimization

Query optimization

Database views

AWS (RDS/Aurora)

Git/GitLab pipelines

Tools

Git

GitLab pipelines

Amazon Aurora

CloudWatch

Job description

Discovery Machine, Inc. is seeking a senior database engineer focused exclusively on core database development, query optimization, and infrastructure performance tuning. This role is not about application development or frontend/backend software features.

You will optimize complex views, design efficient index architectures, and ensure cluster stability across our production cloud footprint, primarily on Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL. A Secret clearance is required.