Job Type : Full-time
Fully Remote
We’re looking for a Transactional Database Engineer to own the reliability, performance, cost efficiency and compliance of our production database systems.
This role supports high‑availability OLTP systems (MySQL, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB) and ensures safe integration with downstream ELT/ETL pipelines, Kafka streams and replication architectures.
You’ll work closely with backend, data and infrastructure teams to protect hot‑path systems while enabling scalable data movement.
Actual compensation may vary based on work experience, education, and skill level.
Operate and optimize production MySQL, PostgreSQL, Elastic and DynamoDB
Support safe ELT / ETL pipelines and CDC workflows
Optimize performance (queries, indexing, locking, scaling)
Manage backups, failover and disaster recovery (PITR)
Enforce data integrity, security and compliance standards
Lead database‑related incident response
Cloud: AWS (RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB)