Senior PostgreSQL/Oracle DB Engineer for Trading Tech

Tradermath; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) with match

Disability insurance

Life insurance

HSA (Health Savings Account)

FSA (Flexible Spending Accounts)

Job summary

DRW in Chicago seeks a Senior Database Engineer focused on PostgreSQL and Oracle to own and optimize mission-critical database environments. You will implement, support, and maintain production and non-production databases, and collaborate with system and development teams to ensure reliability and performance.

The role requires 5+ years of PostgreSQL and Oracle experience, strong UNIX/Linux skills, and a proactive, agile approach in a fast-paced trading environment offering a competitive base

Qualifications

• 5+ years of production PostgreSQL experience.
• 5+ years of production Oracle experience.
• Strong UNIX/Linux skills.
• Experience with clustering, replication, and mirroring is a plus.
• Proven ability to tune database performance and configurations.
• Ability to learn new technologies quickly and adapt to changing environments.

Responsibilities

• Proactively manage and optimize database platforms and OS environments.
• Perform database performance and query tuning.
• Implement and maintain production and non-production databases.
• Perform backups, restores, log shipping, mirroring, and replication.
• Collaborate with system engineers on installations and capacity planning.
• Work with development teams on database design and usage optimization.
• Respond to production issues and critical needs.

Skills

PostgreSQL production experience

Oracle production experience

UNIX/Linux skills

Database clustering/replication

Database performance tuning

Agile / fast-paced environment

Problem-solving

Teamwork and collaboration

Job description

DRW in Chicago seeks a Senior Database Engineer focused on PostgreSQL and Oracle to own and optimize mission-critical database environments. You will implement, support, and maintain production and non-production databases, and collaborate with system and development teams to ensure reliability and performance.

The role requires 5+ years of PostgreSQL and Oracle experience, strong UNIX/Linux skills, and a proactive, agile approach in a fast-paced trading environment offering a competitive base