Financial solutions for entrepreneurs and freelancers - combining business account benefits with multiple services
Principal Database Administrator – DBA
Location
Serbia
Posted
13 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Principal Database Administrator – DBA
Finom
• Own Database Reliability: Drive high availability and disaster recovery strategies • Architect for Scale: Define and execute the scalability roadmap • Optimize Performance: Perform deep-dive query optimization • Design Infrastructure: Build and manage scalable inference and connection pooling strategies • Establish Observability: Design the monitoring architecture and define SLIs/SLOs • Champion Security: Implement banking-grade security practices • Partner Across Engineering: Work with product teams to ensure database schema changes support a high-load environment • Lead by Example: Set the technical bar for the DBA function through mentoring and implementation.
Job Requirements
- 5+ years of experience as a PostgreSQL DBA in high-load, production environments (preferably Fintech or mission-critical systems)
- Advanced knowledge of index design (B-tree, GIN, GiST, BRIN), partitioning, and vacuum tuning
- Proven experience designing streaming replication, clustering, and automated backup validation
- Hands-on experience with cloud-managed PostgreSQL (specifically GCP) and Linux systems administration
- Proficient with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible) and CI/CD workflows (GitLab, ArgoCD)
- Expertise in complex queries, stored procedures, and functions
- Experience building monitoring and alerting for databases (Prometheus/Grafana)
- Fluent in English.
Benefits
- Make a genuine impact on the product
- Join our upward trajectory and grow with us
- Work in the EU
- Flexibility of traveling and working remotely or in a hybrid model across Europe
- Become a stock options holder
- Unlock your inner entrepreneur through our Stock Options Program
- Receive unwavering support and care
- Commitment to your well-being and success reflected in our corporate culture
- Constant support to ensure a successful and fulfilling Finom experience
- Exclusive Work & Swim program in Cyprus.
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