Senior PostgreSQL Engineer / Database Reliability Engineer

🌐 Company: An international leader in recruitment advertising technology and managed services for talent acquisition (name not disclosed). The platform processes hundreds of millions of dollars in advertising budgets for 1500+ clients worldwide.

💰 Salary: 5000-7500 USD 📍 Location: Belarus (hybrid format with office presence) ⏳ Schedule: Full-time, permanent employment 🔗 Format: Staff

What you will be doing:

⚬ Participate in database schema design and architectural reviews for a high-load platform. ⚬ Manage production PostgreSQL clusters: monitoring, performance tuning, troubleshooting, and incident resolution. ⚬ Design and maintain High Availability and Disaster Recovery strategies (replication, failover, backup). ⚬ Forecast data growth and ensure scaling as traffic increases. ⚬ Write internal tools and automation (Python) for routine tasks, monitoring, and diagnostics. ⚬ Advise developers on query optimization, transactions, and PostgreSQL best practices.

Our expectations:

⚬ 5+ years of experience as a Senior DBA / PostgreSQL Engineer in production. ⚬ Deep understanding of PostgreSQL internals (WAL, VACUUM, processes, memory, locks). ⚬ Experience in performance optimization (query analysis, indexes, execution plans, partitioning). ⚬ Experience with HA solutions (replication, Patroni, PgBouncer). ⚬ Strong command of Linux and Python (knowledge of C will be a plus). ⚬ Experience supporting distributed systems with 24/7 requirements. ⚬ English level — Upper-Intermediate and above for daily communication.

Will be a plus:

⚬ Experience in AdTech, FinTech, or Telecom. ⚬ Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS/GCP) and managed databases (RDS, Cloud SQL). ⚬ Experience with PostgreSQL migrations and major upgrades.

📩 Contact for application: recruiter contact