Staff Data Platform Engineer
Core
Own the design, operation, and scaling of datastores (Postgres, Redis) on AWS to ensure reliability, performance, and cost-efficiency for fraud detection workflows.
Role type
Staff Data Platform Engineer (Database & SRE)
Builds
High-availability, scalable cloud databases and data infrastructure for fintech customers
Domain
Fintech / Cloud Infrastructure / Database Engineering
Required skills
Postgres expertise, AWS cloud architecture, Terraform, Python, CI/CD automation, observability, cost optimization, SRE practices
Preferred skills
Distributed databases (Aurora, Citus), CDC/replication patterns, database-as-a-service platforms, financial data compliance
Technologies
AWS (RDS/Aurora, ECS, S3, Bedrock), Postgres, Redis, Terraform, Docker, Datadog, Grafana, Python, Django, SQL
Responsibilities
Design and scale datastores, optimize queries and indexing, manage high availability and disaster recovery, build observability dashboards, automate deployments, mentor engineers
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with mentorship
