Senior Database Reliability Engineer
Modulr (company site, opens in a new tab)PuneOn-siteDirect career pageEst. 25–40 LPA
Posted 27d ago
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Job description
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About This Role
- Own the reliability, performance, and observability of production PostgreSQL/Amazon Aurora databases in a high-scale payments platform.
- Lead diagnosis and resolution of production incidents related to query performance, lock contention, and connection pooling, with creation of lasting fixes and runbooks.
- Collaborate with engineering teams to design scalable schemas and implement proactive guardrails, while improving database observability tooling and dashboards.
Minimum Requirements
- Hands-on experience operating production PostgreSQL databases at meaningful scale (Aurora/RDS a strong plus).
- Strong skills in query performance diagnosis, lock/wait event analysis, and connection pool management.
- Scripting/automation skills (e.g. Python, Bash) with familiarity in AWS and Kubernetes environments.
- Work Experience Required: Not explicitly mentioned in the JD.
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Operates with a Site Reliability Engineering mindset focusing on observability, alerting, and automation beyond just administration.
- Experience supporting high-availability, regulated or fintech environments where uptime and correctness are critical.
- Capable of leading live incident response and communicating technical root causes clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.