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Database Platform Tech Lead(m/w/x)

Berlin
Full-timeOn-siteSenior

Architecting PostgreSQL failover and replication for European savings platform. Deep PostgreSQL expertise and technical leadership required. Flexible hybrid setup with relocation support.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in database engineering, platform engineering, or related systems discipline
  • Track record of technical leadership
  • Deep, hands-on PostgreSQL expertise
  • Strong opinions on PostgreSQL replication, sharding, backup strategies, upgrades, and security
  • Hands-on experience with Postgres automation and lifecycle tooling
  • Familiarity with ClickHouse in production environments
  • Familiarity with Cassandra/Scylla in production environments
  • Solid backend engineering background
  • Go programming language preferred
  • Strong programming language skills
  • Familiarity with Kotlin/JVM is a plus
  • Track record of turning database best practices into opinionated standards
  • Cloud-native mindset
  • Hands-on with Kubernetes
  • Hands-on with IaC tooling
  • Running production workloads on AWS or equivalent
  • Proven ability to define technical strategy
  • Proven ability to drive cross-team initiatives end-to-end
  • Proven ability to hold self and others accountable to outcomes
  • Ability to contribute to architectural decisions
  • Ability to clearly communicate trade-offs to engineers and leadership

Tasks

  • Set database reliability standards
  • Architect failover mechanisms and replication topology
  • Define recovery strategies for availability targets
  • Own engineering roadmap for database availability
  • Drive toward zero-touch database operations
  • Define fully automated database operations
  • Lead platform work for zero-downtime migrations
  • Own database technology strategy
  • Define database technology fit for problems
  • Set criteria for database adoption
  • Govern the database technology portfolio
  • Define database contract with product teams
  • Set standards for product engineer database interaction
  • Define schema governance and migration patterns
  • Establish connection pooling and query performance standards
  • Build tooling for effortless database interaction
  • Own platform operations end to end
  • Set operational bar for database platform
  • Define on-call practices and incident response standards
  • Define long-term database platform strategy
  • Drive cross-team initiatives from kickoff to delivery
  • Align database infrastructure with broader goals

Work Experience

  • 5 years

Education

  • Bachelor's degreeOR
  • Master's degree

Languages

  • EnglishBusiness Fluent

Tools & Technologies

  • PostgreSQL
  • ClickHouse
  • Cassandra
  • Scylla
  • Go
  • Kotlin
  • JVM
  • Kubernetes
  • IaC tooling
  • AWS

Benefits

Flexible Working

  • Flexible hybrid setup

Other Benefits

  • Relocation support
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