Role Description We are looking for a Senior Microsoft SQL Server DBA / Database Engineer to join a technology operations environment focused on the stability, performance, scalability, and security of enterprise database platforms. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working across both continuous improvement and project-based initiatives, contributing to the evolution of a critical SQL Server estate. You will act as a key technical reference for database administration, resilience, performance optimization, and operational best practices, while collaborating closely with infrastructure, architecture, engineering, and broader IT teams. What you will do: - Administer, monitor, maintain, and optimize Microsoft SQL Server environments across the enterprise estate. - Define and promote database standards, governance, and best practices across the organization. - Contribute to the design of data architectures, including data integration approaches, schema development, data quality, storage decisions, and performance considerations. - Install, configure, patch, and manage SQL Server and related database products. - Own and improve backup, recovery, and disaster recovery procedures to ensure operational continuity. - Implement and maintain database security controls in line with enterprise and regulatory requirements. - Drive performance tuning, query optimization, archiving, and broader data lifecycle management. - Act as an SME on SQL scalability and advanced data storage topics, planning and executing enhancement initiatives. - Define non-functional requirements (NFRs) for new services during the design phase. - Participate in technical design discussions and represent operational and platform considerations. - Support low-level solution design for new products and technology implementations. - Provide troubleshooting, consulting, and technical support to development and wider IT teams. - Improve legacy database environments through analysis, modernization, and operational refinement. - Share knowledge with the wider infrastructure team through documentation, technical overviews, and collaborative support. Qualifications - Strong hands-on experience administering Microsoft SQL Server in enterprise-scale environments. - Proven background in database monitoring, backup/recovery, patching, security, and performance tuning. - Experience with high-availability, resilience, and scalability across database platforms. - Solid understanding of database architecture, schema design, and data integration principles. - Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments. - Experience in complex, business-critical infrastructures with strong operational requirements. - Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate with architecture, infrastructure, and engineering teams. - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related discipline. Requirements - Nice to have: - Experience in regulated environments, especially financial services. - Exposure to DevOps / DevSecOps practices. - Experience acting as a SQL Cloud Technology SME. - Microsoft certifications. - Experience contributing to architectural decisions and non-functional design requirements. - Exposure to legacy estate modernization initiatives. Benefits - Full-time contract. - Remote position. - Training and career development opportunities. - Perks & Benefits: smart office, private medical insurance, flexible remuneration, extra holidays. - Be part of a multicultural team working on international projects.

Role Description Tabby builds financial products used by millions of users across the GCC. We work on high-load, security-critical systems with strict regulatory requirements. The Database Engineers group (DBA) is part of Infrastructure and keeps Tabby's transactional and analytical databases reliable, performant, and recoverable across payment flows, risk pipelines, marketplace services, and the data platform. This internship is not educational by default. It is an engineering role with real responsibility. Database Engineers at Tabby own the operational health of our primary data stores. The core stack is built around PostgreSQL, alongside analytical and distributed databases. The team works on: - Performance tuning - Schema and migration review - Replication and high availability - Backup and recovery - Capacity planning - Observability and incident response The internship is designed for strong early-career engineers who want to grow as database practitioners. Interns are embedded with the DBA group, work on real production tasks under senior review, and are expected to meet engineering standards from day one. Qualifications - Working knowledge of at least one programming or scripting language (Python, Go, or Bash) - Solid SQL skills: joins, aggregation, window functions, CTEs, subqueries - Understanding of relational database fundamentals: ACID, transaction isolation levels, indexes (B-tree, hash), normalization, primary and foreign keys - Conceptual understanding of how a query planner works and how to read an execution plan (EXPLAIN, EXPLAIN ANALYZE) - Familiarity with Linux command line and POSIX-like environments - Understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, and basic networking - Ability to read, understand, and modify existing codebases - Experience with Git and standard development workflows - Strong ethical mindset and discretion — production data is sensitive by default, non-disclosure outside the team is non-negotiable - Open to constructive feedback - English sufficient for documentation and team communication - Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL — even from personal projects, university coursework, or open-source contributions - Exposure to other data stores: ClickHouse, CockroachDB, Redis, MongoDB, Kafka - Understanding of replication concepts (logical vs physical, streaming, WAL, replication slots) - Familiarity with CDC patterns (Debezium, Flink, logical replication consumers) - Familiarity with connection poolers (PgBouncer or similar) - Familiarity with cloud-managed databases on GCP (CloudSQL, AlloyDB) or AWS (RDS, Aurora) - Awareness of Kubernetes-native database operators (CloudNativePG, Zalando Postgres Operator) - Exposure to Infrastructure-as-Code tooling (Terraform) - Familiarity with an observability stack (Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, or similar) - Understanding of partitioning strategies and large-table maintenance - Awareness of regulatory frameworks relevant to fintech (PCI DSS, ISO 27001, SAMA) - Interest in database internals — storage layout, MVCC, vacuum, autovacuum tuning - CTFs, database challenges, or open-source contributions to database tooling - Prior professional DBA experience - Mastery of all listed databases and tooling - Ability to run independent performance audits on production systems - Deep internals expertise (planner internals, custom extensions, replication protocol details) - Existing certifications (PostgreSQL Associate / Professional, GCP Database Engineer, AWS Database Specialty) — welcome but not required - Saudi nationals only Requirements - Self-funded internship by Tabby - We welcome both current students and fresh grads - We expect a full-time level of engagement throughout the internship. The program is not part-time: interns should be ready to contribute at a full working-day pace. We understand that students may occasionally need flexibility for classes or exams, which can be aligned with the mentor in advance, but overall performance, ownership, and context involvement are expected at a full-time level. Benefits - Paid internship - Full integration into the Database Engineers group within Infrastructure - Distributed engineering team across multiple countries - Open to Saudi nationals (Saudi passport required); location flexible — candidates may be based outside KSA - Office-first in Riyadh where possible - Clear path to a junior Database Engineer role based on performance - This internship is intentionally demanding and designed for candidates aiming for fast professional growth in database engineering at a regulated fintech.

Role Description This position provides implementation, administration, support, monitoring, and maintenance of the SQL Database environments across multiple cloud environments. The candidate will be joining the Cloud Database Engineering team, being responsible for timely resolution of issues that impact database server usability, making sure systems are sized, built, and configured for optimal operation. - Provide administration and support for mission-critical and pre-production database environments. - Design and implementation of Azure cloud databases, high-availability solutions, replication, encryption, and disaster recovery solutions. - Migration of on-premises database to the Azure Cloud using SQL on VM, SQL MI, and Azure SQL Database. - Perform and manage daily database maintenance, monitoring, and performance tuning tasks. - Provide technical leadership through example, develop innovation, strategies, processes, and best practices. - Responsible for database disaster recovery of all database environments, including managing and supporting SQL backup policies. - Identify and document performance and scaling improvements for development teams. - Assist in the design and implementation of security, auditing, and integrity controls. - Benchmark, analyze, report on, and make recommendations for the improvement and growth of the SQL transactional replication infrastructure. - Provide guidance to Jr level DBAs. - Provide 24x7 On-Call administration and support. Qualifications - At least 8+ years of recent experience maintaining and administrating mission-critical database environments. - Large enterprise production environments with high transaction volume. - SQL Server 2017, 2019, 2022, and 2025. - Cloud database solutions including SQL on VM, SQL managed instance, Azure SQL Database. - NoSQL database technologies such as MongoDB and CosmosDB. - Data streaming and caching technologies such as Kafka and Redis. - PowerShell and Azure CLI. - Automation of processes to improve efficiency. - Database triaging, tuning, and monitoring. - Database design and application development life cycle. - Expert in troubleshooting, problem solving, and initiative. - Excellent planning, time management, and documentation skills. - Expert in T-SQL, SQL Profiler, and PowerShell skills. - Expert in SQL monitoring tools SQL Sentry and DBA Dash. - Experience in managing Human Capital Management SaaS database systems. - Easily adapts to changing priorities. - Effective communication with distributed team members. - Works well individually and within a team. - Ability to conduct research into database issues and products and present ideas in a business-appropriate and user-friendly language. Benefits - Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance. - 401k plan (plus match). - Global Employee Stock Purchase Plan. - Unlimited Time Away From Work (in lieu of accrued vacation time). - 10 paid US holidays. - Up to 80 hours of paid sick time. - 17 weeks of paid parental leave, subject to the terms of the applicable policy or program. - Opportunities for community impact, including volunteer days and charity initiatives.

Role Description - DB2 UDB DBA experience between 6 to 15 years - Strong working knowledge and experience on Database Upgrade (V 10.5 to 11.5 & 11.1 to 11.5) - Strong working knowledge on DB2 UDB Database Administration with IBM MQ Replication - Strong knowledge and experience on installation of DB2 UDB and MQ Software and Patch Management - Strong knowledge and hands-on experience in IBM MQ Replication and troubleshooting - Strong knowledge and experience on HADR configuration and troubleshooting - Strong knowledge and experience with database diagnostics tools, inbuilt, DMC - Strong knowledge and experience in backup, restore, and recovery strategies - Experience in Performance Tuning, Query Optimization, index creation, partition creation and management, and other related monitoring and troubleshooting tools - Creation of DB objects, logical and physical storage, storage groups, etc. - Replication Monitoring - Granting and Revoking Users / Groups authorizations - Data movement utilities - Restore and Recovery strategies - Capacity planning - Ability to troubleshoot issues and handle situations whenever required - Good knowledge on ITIL (Problem, Change, and Incident Management process) - Knowledge on Backup strategy and Disaster recovery is strongly recommended - Scripting knowledge and experience to automate routine tasks - Knowledge in Performance Tuning, Query Optimization, index, partition addition, deletion, etc. Company Description