Aurora PostgreSQL database
People Prime Worldwide
5 - 10 years
Bengaluru
Posted: 17/12/2025
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Job Description
About the Role
We are seeking a Database Engineer with strong software engineering and cloud database infrastructure experience to support and evolve our
global AWS based database platforms This is a contract role for a hands-on engineer passionate about automation reliability and scalability
with deep expertise in Aurora PostgreSQL and modern cloud database architectures
Key Responsibilities
- Design implement and maintain highly available and performant Aurora PostgreSQL systems in AWS
- Build tools and scripts Python SQL to automate upgrades or migrate databases from 1 cluster aws account
to another with near zero downtime using DMS terraform for DMS infrastructure deployment management
- Implement CICD pipelines workflows for repeatable automated rebuild deployments
- Partner with SREs and service teams to design database solutions that meet application performance and compliance requirements
- Troubleshoot complex production database issues by analysing logs query plans metrics and system level behaviour
- Optimize schema design queries and indexes to ensure efficiency and scalability
- Document operational runbooks architecture decisions and engineering best practices
- Contribute to a culture of reliability continuous improvement and technical excellence
Required Qualifications
- 5-10 years of hands-on experience managing largescale cloud native databases preferably Aurora PostgreSQL
- Strong understanding of PostgreSQL internals replication and performance tuning
- Experience supporting multiregional or zero downtime database migrations or upgrades using DMS
- Proficiency in Python for automation and SQL for database development and optimization
- Experience with AWS database services Aurora PostgreSQL DMS
- Solid grasp of CICD pipelines Infrastructure as Code and containers Docker
- Strong problem solving and communication skills ability to collaborate with distributed teams
Nice to Have
- Familiarity with Elasticache ValkeyRedis DynamoDB or Key spaces
- Exposure to performance testing platforms APMs and observability tooling eg Datadog Prometheus Grafana
- Experience contributing to engineering design reviews mentoring peers and improving team level processes
- Proven experience with monitoring alerting and incident management in production environments
Contract Details
- Location Hybrid preferred Bangalore
- Engagement Fulltime 40 hours week
- Reporting Database Reliability Engineering Manager
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