Database Engineer/Senior Database Engineer

Title: Senior Database Engineer

Experience: 5 - 10 Years

Location: Sector 144, Noida.

Industry: Software Development | Artificial Intelligence

Work Type: Full-Time | Onsite/Hybrid

Interested candidate may apply directly to campany's career page using below link -

https://www.careers-page.com/veersa-technologies/job/X95433VR

About the Role -

We are seeking an experienced and passionate Senior Database Engineer to join our technology team. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in SQL development including PL/Sql, PostgreSQL, and Python scripting to support data-intensive applications. This role requires designing and optimizing databases, building data pipelines, and ensuring seamless migration of customer data into new products hosted on AWS cloud.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and optimize PostgreSQL databases for scalability, security, and performance.

• Develop and maintain complex SQL queries, procedures, views, and triggers to support application requirements.
• Write Python or sql scripts for database automation, ETL processes, and data validation.
• Collaborate with product, engineering, and DevOps teams to define database strategies and data models.
• Support data migration activities, including mapping, transformation, and validation of legacy data to new portals/products.
• Ensure high availability, backup/recovery, and disaster recovery strategies for database environments.
• Monitor and tune performance using database metrics, indexing strategies, and query optimization.
• Deploy and manage databases in AWS environments (postgres, S3, etc.).
• Ensure compliance with security, privacy, and regulatory standards in handling sensitive data.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.
• 5 to 10 years of professional experience as a Database Engineer/Administrator/Developer.
• Strong knowledge of SQL (PostgreSQL preferred) with proven ability to optimize queries and schema design.
• Hands-on experience with Python for database scripting and automation.
• Good understanding of data modeling, normalization, and relational database design principles.
• Experience in performance tuning (indexes, partitions, query optimization).
• Exposure to AWS database services (RDS for PostgreSQL, EC2, S3, IAM, and VPC.).

Nice to Have

• Experience in data migration projects, especially migrating existing customers to new portals/products.
• Familiarity with ETL tools and frameworks (e.g., Airflow, AWS Glue, dbt). • Understanding of NoSQL databases (MongoDB, DynamoDB) as a complement to relational systems.
• Knowledge of DevOps practices for CI/CD integration of database changes.
• Experience with database monitoring tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or Datadog.