Database Engineer

GoMining is seeking a highly skilled Database Engineer to join our team and ensure the performance, scalability, and reliability of our databases. This role is ideal for someone passionate about data architecture, high-performance database systems, and large-scale analytics in fast-paced fintech and crypto environments.

You will play a critical role in designing database solutions, optimizing queries, managing replication, and ensuring data integrity.

Responsibilities:

Database Architecture & Design

• Design, implement, and optimize database schemas for high-performance applications.
• Develop strategies for data partitioning, replication, and scaling.
• Evaluate and implement new database technologies for performance and reliability.

Maintenance & Optimization

• Monitor database performance and implement query optimization, indexing, and caching strategies.
• Manage backup, restore, and disaster recovery plans.
• Conduct capacity planning and performance tuning for production workloads.

Collaboration & Support

• Work closely with developers and SRE/DevOps teams to ensure database efficiency, reliability, and availability.
• Provide database expertise for application design and system architecture.
• Automate database management tasks using scripts and tools.

Requirements

• Strong expertise in PostgreSQL (primary), Redis, RabbitMQ, and optionally NoSQL databases.
• Experience with high availability, replication, clustering, and sharding.
• Proficiency in SQL, PL/pgSQL, or other procedural languages.
• Knowledge of monitoring and observability tools for databases (Grafana, Prometheus, Zabbix, or equivalent).
• Experience with automation and CI/CD for database deployment.
• Solid understanding of backup, restore, and disaster recov

Nice to have:

• Experience with cloud-managed databases (AWS RDS, GCP Cloud SQL, DigitalOcean Managed DBs).
• Familiarity with data warehousing / analytics platforms (BigQuery, ClickHouse, Redshift).
• Experience with streaming systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ) for real-time data pipelines.
• Knowledge of database security best practices, including encryption, key management, and role-based access.
• Experience or strong interest in Web3 and crypto technologies, including blockchain-based data systems or decentralized applications.
• Certifications such as PostgreSQL Certified Professional, AWS/GCP Database Specialty.

Benefits

• Professional growth: support for courses, conferences, and English learning (up to 100% coverage).
• Work-life fit: remote or hybrid format with flexible hours across international teams.
• Paid leave: up to 28 vacation days, 15 sick days, plus local holidays.
• Recognition programs: structured performance reviews and team awards.
• Team culture: retreats in international locations (for example, company villa in Turkey, Bali).