Own the reliability, uptime, and continuity of Finom’s PostgreSQL banking databases
Define and lead database scalability and performance strategy
Drive architectural decisions for high-availability, multi-region, and multi-cluster environments
Manage risk related to data loss, corruption, and operational failures
Design and implement HA setups (streaming replication, clustering, failover automation)
Establish and enforce RPO/RTO standards, DR architecture, and run regular DR drills
Oversee backup, recovery, and validation automation
Lead proactive performance tuning, load testing, and query optimization
Define SLIs/SLOs and create monitoring frameworks using Prometheus / Grafana
Build alerting, logging, and diagnostics pipelines
Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and standards definition
Lead code and architecture reviews related to database reliability
Partner cross-functionally with backend, platform, SRE, and security teams
Build Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform/Ansible) for DB orchestration
Improve automation around deployments, schema management, and operations
Work with GCP cloud-managed PostgreSQL, storage tuning, and resource optimization

7+ years as a PostgreSQL DBA in high-load, production, mission-critical environments
Proven Team Lead experience: technical ownership, mentoring, standards setting
Deep understanding of PostgreSQL internals (MVCC, WAL, vacuum, planner, checkpoints)
Strong index knowledge (b-tree, GIN, GiST, SP-GiST, BRIN, RUM)
Advanced query plan analysis and optimization
Expertise in partitioning, sharding, capacity planning, forecasting
Experience designing streaming replication, clustering, failover
Strong understanding of RPO/RTO and DR design
Multi-region cluster experience, DR drills, backup/restore automation
PgBouncer (session/transaction modes) expertise
Experience identifying and eliminating bottlenecks
Load testing, benchmarking, and scalability planning
Understanding of frameworks such as PCI-DSS and GDPR
Experience with secure credential management and secrets handling
Experience designing monitoring with Prometheus, Grafana, VictoriaMetrics
Ability to define SLIs/SLOs and build diagnostics pipelines
IaC with Terraform / Ansible
Strong GCP experience (Cloud SQL/PostgreSQL)
Solid Linux administration fundamentals
Understanding of storage, IOPS, and network performance impacts
Strong SQL (complex queries, functions, stored procedures)
Vacuum tuning, index lifecycle management, statistics optimization

Make a genuine impact on the product
Join our upward trajectory, and grow with us. We provide the resources and opportunities for continuous personal and professional development, empowering you to make a genuine impact on our evolving product.
Work in the EU
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Become a stock options holder
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Receive unwavering support and care
Finom stands by you at every step, embodying our commitment to your well-being and success reflected in our modern, friendly, and eco-conscious corporate culture. We offer constant support and care to ensure your Finom experience is successful and fulfilling.
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Finom is hiring a Senior / Lead DB Platform Engineer

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