Senior Database Engineer

Jobber • toronto, on • Posted June 01, 2026

Position Overview

Requirements

5 to 10 years administering databases such as Postgres, Oracle or MySQL, preferably in a cloud environment , An understanding of Postgres internals and query analysis tools like explain plan, as well as DB performance monitoring tools like RDS Performance (Database) Insights , Experience with Disaster Recovery / High Availability architectures , Familiar with some “glue” languages (eg. Bash, Python, Ruby) , Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code, preferably Terraform , Familiarity with AWS technologies including: RDS Aurora, RDS Proxy and Database Migration Services or their non-AWS equivalents , Understanding of caching technologies like Redis and Memcache , (Desirable) 2-3 years development experience , (Desirable) Experience with Rails ActiveRecord , (Desirable) Experience with Terraform , (Desirable) Experience with ElasticSearch , (Desirable) Experience with AWS Redshift What the job involves

Reporting to a Manager, Software Engineering, the Senior ...