The Database Engineer will design and optimize high-performance database systems, manage replication, ensure data integrity, and collaborate with teams to improve database efficiency.
GoMining is seeking a highly skilled Database Engineer to join our team and ensure the performance, scalability, and reliability of our databases. This role is ideal for someone passionate about data architecture, high-performance database systems, and large-scale analytics in fast-paced fintech and crypto environments.
You will play a critical role in designing database solutions, optimizing queries, managing replication, and ensuring data integrity.
Responsibilities:Database Architecture & Design
- Design, implement, and optimize database schemas for high-performance applications.
- Develop strategies for data partitioning, replication, and scaling.
- Evaluate and implement new database technologies for performance and reliability.
Maintenance & Optimization
- Monitor database performance and implement query optimization, indexing, and caching strategies.
- Manage backup, restore, and disaster recovery plans.
- Conduct capacity planning and performance tuning for production workloads.
Collaboration & Support
- Work closely with developers and SRE/DevOps teams to ensure database efficiency, reliability, and availability.
- Provide database expertise for application design and system architecture.
- Automate database management tasks using scripts and tools.
Requirements
- Strong expertise in PostgreSQL (primary), Redis, RabbitMQ, and optionally NoSQL databases.
- Experience with high availability, replication, clustering, and sharding.
- Proficiency in SQL, PL/pgSQL, or other procedural languages.
- Knowledge of monitoring and observability tools for databases (Grafana, Prometheus, Zabbix, or equivalent).
- Experience with automation and CI/CD for database deployment.
- Solid understanding of backup, restore, and disaster recov
- Experience with cloud-managed databases (AWS RDS, GCP Cloud SQL, DigitalOcean Managed DBs).
- Familiarity with data warehousing / analytics platforms (BigQuery, ClickHouse, Redshift).
- Experience with streaming systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ) for real-time data pipelines.
- Knowledge of database security best practices, including encryption, key management, and role-based access.
- Experience or strong interest in Web3 and crypto technologies, including blockchain-based data systems or decentralized applications.
- Certifications such as PostgreSQL Certified Professional, AWS/GCP Database Specialty.
Benefits
- Professional growth: support for courses, conferences, and English learning (up to 100% coverage).
- Work-life fit: remote or hybrid format with flexible hours across international teams.
- Paid leave: up to 28 vacation days, 15 sick days, plus local holidays.
- Recognition programs: structured performance reviews and team awards.
- Team culture: retreats in international locations (for example, company villa in Turkey, Bali).
Top Skills
Aws Rds
BigQuery
Clickhouse
Gcp Cloud Sql
Grafana
Kafka
NoSQL
Pl/Pgsql
Postgres
Prometheus
RabbitMQ
Redis
Redshift
SQL
Zabbix
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