DB Platform Engineer

We are looking for a Senior / Team Lead DB‑SRE (PostgreSQL) to own, evolve, and scale Finom’s mission‑critical database infrastructure. As the Reliability Owner of our core banking PostgreSQL environment, you will combine deep technical expertise with strategic leadership to ensure our database systems are highly available, resilient, secure, and ready to scale with our rapid growth. This role is hands‑on, high‑impact, and central to Finom’s platform reliability. You will define the long‑term database architecture, lead improvements, and guide the team through best practices while staying closely involved in operational execution.

What You Will Be Doing

Database Reliability Ownership

• Own the reliability, uptime, and continuity of Finom’s PostgreSQL banking databases

• Define and lead database scalability and performance strategy

• Drive architectural decisions for high‑availability, multi‑region, and multi‑cluster environments

• Manage risk related to data loss, corruption, and operational failures

High Availability, DR & Scaling

• Design and implement HA setups (streaming replication, clustering, failover automation)

• Establish and enforce RPO/RTO standards, DR architecture, and run regular DR drills

• Oversee backup, recovery, and validation automation

Performance & Observability

• Lead proactive performance tuning, load testing, and query optimization

• Define SLIs/SLOs and create monitoring frameworks using Prometheus / Grafana

• Build alerting, logging, and diagnostics pipelines

Team Leadership

• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and standards definition

• Lead code and architecture reviews related to database reliability

• Partner cross‑functionally with backend, platform, SRE, and security teams

Automation & Infra

• Build Infrastructure‑as‑Code (Terraform/Ansible) for DB orchestration

• Improve automation around deployments, schema management, and operations

• Work with GCP cloud‑managed PostgreSQL, storage tuning, and resource optimization

Who You Are

Experience & Leadership

• 7+ years as a PostgreSQL DBA in high‑load, production, mission‑critical environments

• Experience in financial services / fintech is a strong advantage

• Proven Team Lead experience: technical ownership, mentoring, standards setting

PostgreSQL Expertise

• Deep understanding of PostgreSQL internals (MVCC, WAL, vacuum, planner, checkpoints)

• Strong index knowledge (b‑tree, GIN, GiST, SP‑GiST, BRIN, RUM)

• Advanced query plan analysis and optimization

• Expertise in partitioning, sharding, capacity planning, forecasting

HA & Disaster Recovery

• Experience designing streaming replication, clustering, failover

• Strong understanding of RPO/RTO and DR design

• Multi‑region cluster experience, DR drills, backup/restore automation

Performance & Scalability

• PgBouncer (session/transaction modes) expertise

• Experience identifying and eliminating bottlenecks

• Load testing, benchmarking, and scalability planning

Security & Compliance

• Understanding of frameworks such as PCI‑DSS and GDPR

• Experience with secure credential management and secrets handling

Observability & Automation

• Experience designing monitoring with Prometheus, Grafana, VictoriaMetrics

• Ability to define SLIs/SLOs and build diagnostics pipelines

• IaC with Terraform / Ansible

Cloud & Infra

• Strong GCP experience (Cloud SQL/PostgreSQL)

• Solid Linux administration fundamentals

• Understanding of storage, IOPS, and network performance impacts

• Experience with Redis / BigQuery is a plus

Fundamental Skills

• Strong SQL (complex queries, functions, stored procedures)

• Vacuum tuning, index lifecycle management, statistics optimization

• Experience with additional data systems (Cassandra, ClickHouse — plus)

What You Will Get In Return

• Make a genuine impact on the product

• Join our upward trajectory, and grow with us. We provide the resources and opportunities for continuous personal and professional development, empowering you to make a genuine impact on our evolving product.

• Work in the EU

• Embark on this exciting journey with us and enjoy the flexibility of traveling and working remotely or in a hybrid model across Europe.

• Become a stock options holder

• Unlock your inner entrepreneur and align your aspirations with ours through our Stock Options Program. This exciting opportunity is available to every team member, from junior team members to our founders.

• Receive unwavering support and care

• Finom stands by you at every step, embodying our commitment to your well-being and success reflected in our modern, friendly, and eco-conscious corporate culture. We offer constant support and care to ensure your Finom experience is successful and fulfilling.

• Work & Swim program

• Immerse yourself in our exclusive Work & Swim Program. Spend one month in a comfortable corporate apartment in enchanting Cyprus. It's the ideal opportunity to strike the perfect work-life balance while enjoying breathtaking Mediterranean views.

Equal Opportunity Statement

At Finom, we're an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We embrace diversity and invite applications from all walks of life. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability status, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

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