Principal Database Administrator, DBA

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Kazakhstan.

📋 Description

• Own Database Reliability: Drive strategies for high availability and disaster recovery.

• Architect for Scale: Define and implement the roadmap for scalability.

• Optimize Performance: Conduct thorough query optimization and proactively address bottlenecks.

• Design Infrastructure: Construct and manage scalable inference and connection pooling strategies.

• Establish Observability: Create the monitoring architecture and define SLIs/SLOs for database health.

• Champion Security: Implement security practices that meet banking-grade standards.

• Partner Across Engineering: Collaborate with product teams to facilitate database schema modifications.

• Lead by Example: Elevate the technical standards of the DBA function through mentorship.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 5 years of experience as a PostgreSQL DBA in high-load, production environments (preferably in Fintech or mission-critical systems).

• Extensive expertise in PostgreSQL.

• Advanced knowledge of index design (B-tree, GIN, GiST, BRIN), partitioning, and vacuum tuning.

• Mastery in HA/DR strategies.

• Demonstrated experience in designing streaming replication, clustering, and automated backup validation.

• Proficiency in cloud technologies.

• Practical experience with cloud-managed PostgreSQL (particularly GCP) and Linux systems administration.

• Automation-oriented mindset.

• Skilled in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible) and CI/CD workflows (GitLab, ArgoCD).

• Strong proficiency in SQL.

• Fluent in English.

🏝️ Benefits

• Make a real impact on the product.

• Join our upward trajectory and grow alongside us.

• Access resources and opportunities for continuous personal and professional development.

• Work within the EU.

• Enjoy the flexibility of working remotely or in a hybrid model across Europe.

• Become a holder of stock options.

• Unlock your entrepreneurial spirit and align your goals with ours through our Stock Options Program.

• Receive unwavering support and care.

• Ensure your Finom experience is both successful and fulfilling.

• Participate in our exclusive Work & Swim Program.

• Spend one month in a comfortable corporate apartment in the picturesque Cyprus.

• Equal Opportunity Statement.