Database Engineer

Job Title : Database Engineer

Experience : 2+ yrs

Location : HSR Layout, Bangalore, Apica

About Us :

We are a leading provider of innovative software solutions in the Observability space, designed to revolutionize how businesses gain insights into their systems and applications.

We are dedicated to delivering cutting-edge products that streamline processes and enhance user experiences.

Our mission is to empower organizations to thrive in the digital age through intuitive and visually compelling software.

Job Description :

We are seeking an experienced and highly skilled Database Engineer (DBE) to join our dynamic team.

In this role, you will be a key contributor to our software development team, ensuring the performance, availability and security of our MS SQL Server/PostgreSQL/MongoDB Server databases.

Beyond routine maintenance, you'll play a crucial role in planning, designing and implementing database strategies that align seamlessly with our evolving business needs.

You will work closely with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality software solutions that meet our customers needs and contribute to the growth of our business.

If you have a strong background in database engineering and administration and a passion for ensuring data integrity and availability, we invite you to apply for this exciting :

- Administer, maintain and optimize high-availability/always-on and sharded MS SQL Server/PostgreSQL/MongoDB database clusters, ensuring data security, integrity and performance.

- Develop, maintain and optimize stored procedures, triggers, and other database objects to support efficient data manipulation and retrieval.

- Implement and oversee backup and recovery strategies to safeguard data against loss or corruption.

- Monitor database performance, identify and resolve bottlenecks and optimize query performance.

- Collaborate with developers, system administrators and other stakeholders to ensure efficient and effective use of database resources.

- Conduct regular security audits and implement measures to protect sensitive data.

- Troubleshoot and resolve database-related issues promptly to minimize downtime.

- Plan and execute database migration and upgrade projects.

- Create various reports from the databases as per requirements.

- Stay informed about emerging database technologies and best practices.

Qualifications :

- Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related field (or equivalent work experience).

- Proven experience as a Database Administrator with expertise in managing high-availability/always-on and sharded MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL and MongoDB database clusters.

- Strong knowledge of database design principles, normalization and data modeling.

- Proficient in writing and optimizing complex SQL queries, stored procedures, triggers and functions.

- Experience in database performance tuning and optimization.

- Familiarity with high availability and disaster recovery solutions, such as database mirroring, log shipping and clustering.

- Knowledge of database security best practices and the ability to implement and enforce security measures.

- Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.

Nice-to-Have Skills :

- Certification in SQL Server administration is preferred.

- Experience with any type of Timeseries Databases like InfluxDB, Prometheus, Graphite, Elasticsearch.

- Broad high-level knowledge of NoSQL databases and their specific strengths and weaknesses.

- Familiarity with languages like .NET, C++ and Java.

- Familiarity with server-side scripting languages like Python and Go.

- Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).