Database CloudOps (PostgreSQL)
- Role
- DevOps
- Experience
- Mid
- Employment
- Full-time
Open to Anywhere in EU + GE, RS. Set where you work from to check your eligibility.
No BS summary
Database/CloudOps engineer with 3–5+ years in software or data engineering. Needs strong PostgreSQL, SQL performance tuning, Linux, monitoring, automation scripting, and cloud database experience. Remote role hiring from Poland, Georgia, the EU, and Serbia.
Core skills
Required skills
Salmon is a technology-driven financial company building a banking and lending platform across Southeast Asia, starting in the Philippines.
7M+ app downloads. 2M+ monthly active users. 7000+ partner stores. US$350M+ raised from top-tier investors.
Here, you get real ownership from day one, high standards, and direct communication. You'll work alongside a team that combines deep local knowledge and experience scaling regulated financial companies from scratch.
If you want to solve complex problems at scale and directly impact how millions of people access and manage money, come build with us.
Southeast Asia's fintech moment starts here.
What you'll do:
- Support and administration of a high-load database (approximately 20,000 transactions per minute)
- Performing and maintaining zero-downtime database migrations (seamless migrations).
- Proactive identification and resolution of database-related issues and performance bottlenecks
- Collaboration with the development team to address tasks related to database architecture and query optimization
- Configuration and maintenance of database PostgreSQL infrastructure in AWS (RDS, Aurora), managed through Terraform
- Participation in database architecture optimization, performance tuning, bottleneck analysis, and proposing improvements
- Handling tasks related to incident and performance management; participation in new projects and services involving databases
- Active involvement in the development process: taking initiative to identify issues and propose tasks, not just handling incoming tickets
What makes you a strong fit:
- 3–5+ years of professional experience in software engineering or data engineering (depending on the role)
- Strong knowledge of PostgreSQL — query optimization, indexing strategies, replication, and performance troubleshooting
- Experience working with large-scale data systems, ETL pipelines, or distributed backend systems
- Solid understanding of SQL performance tuning, schema design, and transaction management
- Hands-on experience with Linux systems, monitoring tools, and automation scriptingFamiliarity with AWS services (Aurora, RDS, Redshift, kafka debezium connectors) and similar cloud environments
- Basic understanding of CI/CD pipelines, Git, and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
What you'll do
- Support and administer a high-load database handling approximately 20,000 transactions per minute
- Perform and maintain zero-downtime database migrations
- Proactively identify and resolve database-related issues and performance bottlenecks
- Collaborate with the development team on database architecture and query optimization tasks
- Configure and maintain PostgreSQL database infrastructure in AWS RDS and Aurora managed through Terraform
- Participate in database architecture optimization, performance tuning, bottleneck analysis, and improvement proposals
- Handle incident and performance management tasks
- Participate in new projects and services involving databases
- Actively contribute to the development process by identifying issues and proposing tasks, not only handling incoming tickets
What they require
- 3–5+ years of professional experience in software engineering or data engineering
- Strong knowledge of PostgreSQL, including query optimization, indexing strategies, replication, and performance troubleshooting
- Experience working with large-scale data systems, ETL pipelines, or distributed backend systems
- Solid understanding of SQL performance tuning, schema design, and transaction management
- Hands-on experience with Linux systems, monitoring tools, and automation scripting
- Familiarity with AWS services and similar cloud environments
- Basic understanding of CI/CD pipelines, Git, and containerization
Benefits
- Real ownership from day one
- High standards and direct communication
- Work alongside a team with deep local knowledge and experience scaling regulated financial companies from scratch
- Directly impact how millions of people access and manage money
Salmon is a technology-driven financial company building a banking and lending platform across Southeast Asia, starting in the Philippines.