Database Developer, Platform Engineering
Ncounter is working with a global, technology driven investment management firm that operates some of the most demanding data and trading platforms in the industry. They are expanding their platform engineering capability and are hiring an experienced Database Developer to take ownership of core PostgreSQL based services that underpin critical research, analytics, and production workloads.
This role sits firmly within platform engineering rather than traditional database administration. You will be designing, building, and evolving database platforms that must operate at scale, with a strong focus on reliability, performance, automation, and observability. The environment is highly technical, fast moving, and production focused, with a strong engineering culture and a bias toward solving hard problems properly.
What you will be doing:
• Designing and developing PostgreSQL based database platforms used by high throughput, low latency systems
• Engineering highly available, resilient database services, including replication, failover, and backup strategies
• Working closely with platform reliability and infrastructure teams to harden systems and reduce operational risk
• Building automation around database provisioning, schema management, upgrades, and operational workflows
• Performance tuning and optimisation across large scale, data intensive workloads
• Embedding observability into database platforms, including metrics, logging, alerting, and incident analysis
• Contributing to platform standards, runbooks, and long term architectural direction
What we are looking for:
• Strong hands on experience developing and operating PostgreSQL in production environments
• A background in database engineering, platform engineering, or production engineering rather than pure DBA work
• Solid Linux experience and confidence operating complex systems under real world load
• Experience with automation and tooling using Python, SQL, and infrastructure as code approaches
• A good understanding of reliability engineering principles, including HA, DR, and performance testing
• Exposure to modern observability stacks and operational best practice
This is a genuinely challenging platform role for engineers who enjoy owning critical systems end to end. If you want to work on database platforms that really matter, in an environment that values engineering depth, Ncounter would like to speak with you.
