Senior Database Engineer - Remote, Scale Payments Platform

Ruby Labs Ltd; Union (NJ); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote Work Environment

Unlimited PTO

Paid National Holidays

Company-provided MacBook

Flexible Independent Contractor Agreement

Job summary

Ruby Labs Ltd is looking for a strong Database Engineer to own, scale, and evolve their data infrastructure in a high-scale payment orchestration system. The successful candidate will work on optimizing databases while ensuring their reliability and performance.

This remote position offers flexibility and the chance to collaborate with talented teams on impactful projects. A solid background in PostgreSQL and AWS Aurora is essential, along with a proactive approach to database management.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with PostgreSQL in production.
• Experience managing large databases with hundreds of millions of rows.
• Solid understanding of indexing strategies and query execution paths.

Responsibilities

• Own and operate AWS Aurora in a high-load production environment.
• Design and evolve schemas for large transactional domains.
• Analyze and optimize slow queries and production metrics.

Skills

PostgreSQL

Database Management

Performance Optimization

AWS Aurora

Indexing Strategies

Tools

ClickHouse

Tinybird

OpenSearch

Job description

Ruby Labs Ltd is looking for a strong Database Engineer to own, scale, and evolve their data infrastructure in a high-scale payment orchestration system. The successful candidate will work on optimizing databases while ensuring their reliability and performance.

This remote position offers flexibility and the chance to collaborate with talented teams on impactful projects. A solid background in PostgreSQL and AWS Aurora is essential, along with a proactive approach to database management.