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$175,000–$195,000/yr
US

  • Design and evolve scalable, highly available database architectures for transactional and analytical systems.
  • Diagnose complex database performance issues and implement optimization strategies.
  • Lead cross-team architectural decisions and mentor engineers on database excellence.

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  • Act as a senior technical leader building, scaling, and maintaining highly reliable database systems for mission-critical applications in cloud environments.
  • Drive automation, observability, performance optimization, and incident response while ensuring security and compliance across large-scale database platforms.
  • Mentor junior engineers and partner with development, DevOps, and infrastructure teams to enhance system stability and scalability.

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$146,200–$255,900/yr
North America

  • Lead production database troubleshooting and performance optimization across large-scale PostgreSQL/MariaDB fleets.
  • Own complex root cause analysis and develop automation to prevent critical issue recurrence.
  • Mentor engineers and influence infrastructure decisions for a multi-tenant cloud platform.

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Global

  • Design and maintain scalable data architectures, including OLTP systems and data pipelines.
  • Optimize database performance through indexing, query tuning, and data quality remediation.
  • Implement production processes including monitoring, alerting, backup/recovery, and incident response.

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North America And Canada

  • Become an SME in production database troubleshooting and performance analysis across on-prem and Hyperscaler environments.
  • Own complex incident root cause analysis for multi-tenant PostgreSQL and MariaDB fleets at scale.
  • Develop observability and automation to prevent recurrence of critical issues and mentor cross-functional engineers.

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Europe

  • Own database reliability, architect for scale, and optimize performance for core banking systems.
  • Design infrastructure, establish observability, and champion security for PostgreSQL environments.
  • Partner with engineering teams and lead DBA function through mentoring and hands-on implementation.

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India

  • Lead design and implementation of enterprise-grade data architectures across SQL Server and PostgreSQL.
  • Define data modeling standards, optimize performance, and manage multi-tenant data architectures.
  • Collaborate with engineering teams to align database structures and provide technical leadership.

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North America And Canada

  • Act as an SME in production database troubleshooting, ServiceNow instance performance, and Linux performance analysis.
  • Own complex incident root cause analysis across multi-tenant PostgreSQL/MariaDB fleets at scale.
  • Develop observability tooling and automation to prevent recurrence of critical issues.

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North America And Canada

  • Ensure production stability of customer applications and infrastructure services as part of the SWAT team.
  • Own complex incident RCA across multi-tenant PostgreSQL/MariaDB fleets at scale.
  • Develop observability and automation to prevent recurrence of critical issues.

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France Unlimited PTO

  • Own the administration, maintenance, patching, and upgrades of production database environments while ensuring high performance and reliability.
  • Lead database optimization initiatives, including performance tuning, indexing strategies, query optimization, and architecture improvements for high-throughput systems.
  • Design and maintain backup, recovery, replication, and disaster recovery strategies to protect critical data and ensure business continuity.

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Italy

  • Lead and execute PostgreSQL and AWS RDS version upgrades with minimal downtime and full data integrity.
  • Design detailed upgrade plans, rollback strategies, and runbooks while coordinating with cross-functional teams.
  • Monitor and optimize database performance in production environments, executing maintenance during low-traffic windows.

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Brazil

  • Administer and maintain production database environments across cloud and hybrid infrastructure.
  • Troubleshoot database performance issues and support automation initiatives.
  • Collaborate with application and infrastructure teams to ensure operational excellence.

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US 2000w PTO

  • Design and optimize SQL Server database schemas, stored procedures, and queries while providing production support and incident response.
  • Plan and execute data patching, schema changes, and performance tuning across environments with minimal downtime.
  • Administer cloud databases (Azure preferred), implement security controls, and support migrations between on-premises and cloud.

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Canada

  • Lead migration of Oracle workloads to PostgreSQL across multi-cloud environments.
  • Architect scalable database solutions and optimize performance for critical business systems.
  • Ensure compliance with SOX guidelines and manage backup, recovery, and DR strategies.

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Malaysia 5w PTO

  • Perform DBA activities remotely with customers worldwide, including monitoring, performance tuning, and troubleshooting.
  • Automate DBA tasks, set up monitoring, and conduct periodic health checks and reports on customer systems.
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Europe

  • Design and develop complex SQL queries, scripts, and database architectures for scalability and high availability.
  • Optimize query performance and monitor data quality using Azure tools to ensure reliable regulatory reporting.
  • Build scalable cloud-native data pipelines in Azure and collaborate cross-functionally with business analysts and stakeholders.

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US Unlimited PTO

  • Own the end-to-end product roadmap for Ditto's cloud database, defining how data is stored, queried, and managed at scale.
  • Define and maintain customer-facing database SLAs covering durability, throughput, latency, and consistency.
  • Engage directly with enterprise customers to understand workload patterns and translate them into product requirements.

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$132,000–$165,000/yr
US

  • Manage, maintain, and optimize SQL Server, Databricks, and document databases for performance, availability, and security.
  • Collaborate with software engineering to design and implement database structures and queries that meet application needs.
  • Conduct database migrations, upgrades, backups, recovery processes, and performance tuning.

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Global Unlimited PTO

  • Provide technical support to customers across the full stack, from PostgreSQL databases to cloud infrastructure and Kubernetes.
  • Troubleshoot and optimize database performance, query execution, and implement TimescaleDB features like hypertables and compression.
  • Collaborate with engineering and internal teams to resolve complex issues and contribute to platform improvements.

Tiger Data is the fastest PostgreSQL platform for transactional, analytical, and agentic workloads, trusted by over 2,000 customers globally. With a remote-first, globally distributed team, they emphasize direct communication, accountability, and collaborative excellence.

Global

  • Build and optimize data pipeline architecture using SQL, Python, and AWS.
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  • Supervise junior data engineers and guide cross-functional data initiatives.

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