Senior Database Developer

About the Role

We are seeking a Sr. Database Developer with strong expertise in Aurora MySQL , AWS, and MongoDB. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience designing, optimizing, and scaling databases in cloud environments, while collaborating closely with development teams and production DBAs to ensure high availability, performance, and reliability.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain MySQL Aurora databases in AWS environments.

• Manage and optimize AWS RDS instances, ensuring security, scalability, and cost efficiency.

• Work with EKS (Kubernetes) for database deployments and orchestration.

• Collaborate with development teams to design efficient data models and queries.

• Manage version control of database schemas and scripts using GitHub and Flyway.

• Support developers with high-performance MongoDB design and implementation for demanding workloads.

• Monitor database performance using AWS and Datadog, and proactively resolve bottlenecks.

• Ensure data integrity, security, and compliance with industry best practices.

Required Skills & Experience

• 7+ years of experience with MySQL architecture and development.

• 3+ years of experience with AWS RDS and/or Aurora.

• 2+ years of experience with MongoDB.

• 1+ year of experience with EKS, GitHub, and Datadog.

• Proven experience as a Development DBA in fast-paced environments. • Hands-on experience with EKS (Kubernetes) and containerized deployments.

• Familiarity with GitHub CI/CD workflows.

• Extensive experience with MongoDB architecture, design, and optimization. Internal Use

• Proficiency in database performance tuning, troubleshooting, and query optimization.

• Strong understanding of cloud security, scalability, and automation.

• Familiarity with the full software development life cycle (SDLC).

• Strong communication and collaboration skills in cross-functional teams.

• Experience in database security, disaster recovery (DR) design, and data migration between environments and across different RDBMS platforms.

Nice to Have

• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation).

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines for database changes.

• Experience with automated monitoring, self-healing systems, and container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker).

• Exposure to additional AWS services (e.g., Lambda, CloudWatch, IAM)