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Senior Database Administrator

Database AdministratorDatabase AdministratorFull TimeRemoteSeniorTeam 1,001-5,000Since 2011H1B No SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

United Kingdom

Posted

13 days ago

Salary

0

Seniority

Senior

Bachelor Degree5 yrs expEnglishCloudLinuxPostgreSQLReact

Job Description

Senior Database Administrator

Kraken Digital Asset Exchange

• Design, develop, and maintain high-quality applications using React • Scale and tune high-throughput PostgreSQL clusters • Own PostgreSQL reliability fundamentals • Help build and operate vector data capabilities • Define production patterns for embeddings • Strengthen high-availability, disaster-recovery, PITR, and backup approaches • Reduce manual operational work by building automation • Improve observability and alert quality • Enhance database security through robust access controls • Contribute to modern platform initiatives • Partner with service, AI, and platform teams • Participate in on-call rotations

Job Requirements

  • 5+ years operating PostgreSQL in high-volume production environments
  • Strong understanding of PostgreSQL internals and operations
  • Hands-on experience with high availability and read scaling
  • Experience with connection pooling and traffic management for PostgreSQL
  • Practical VectorDB or vector search experience
  • Ability to reason about vector index types and operational tradeoffs
  • Practical experience with CI/CD, GitOps, and Infrastructure-as-Code workflows
  • Solid cloud, Linux, storage, and networking fundamentals
  • Experience with containers and orchestration platforms
  • Strong security instincts around access control, credential lifecycle, encryption

Benefits

  • Kraken culture page to learn more about our internal culture, values, and mission
  • Industry-leading security
  • Crypto education
  • World-class client support

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