Senior Database Administrator
Tabby creates financial freedom in the way people shop, earn and save by reshaping their relationship with money. Over 15 million users choose Tabby to stay in control of their spending and make the most out of their money.
The company’s flagship offering allows shoppers to split their payments online and in-store with no interest or fees. Over 40,000 global brands and small businesses, including Amazon, Noon, IKEA, and SHEIN use Tabby to accelerate growth and gain loyal customers by offering easy and flexible payments online and in stores.
Tabby generates over $10 billion in annual transaction volume for its partner brands and is the highest-rated, most-reviewed, largest, and fastest-growing FinTech in the GCC region.
Tabby launched in 2019 and has since raised +$1 billion in equity and debt funding from global and regional investors, and is now valued at $3.3 billion.
We’re looking for a Senior Database Administrator to join our Infrastructure team. You’ll work on high-impact projects in a high-growth environment, alongside a world-class remote engineering team spread across 20+ countries.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, construct, install, and maintain large relational databases.
- Maintain the integrity and security of the database, including backups and recovery procedures.
- Implement and manage disaster recovery and failover systems.
- Monitor database performance, implement changes, and apply new patches and versions when required.
- Optimize queries for performance.
- Collaborate with development teams to optimize database usage.
- Set up and maintain database replication, clustering, mirroring, and other high availability strategies.
- Use and understand tools like pgbouncer and modern monitoring systems.
- Stay updated with the latest database technologies and best practices.
- Experience with Clickhouse is mandatory.
- Proficiency in PostgreSQL setup, replication, upgrade, monitoring and performance tuning.
- Can read and write complex and very complex queries.
- Experience with backup and recovery procedures, as well as PITR.
- Strong knowledge of database design, documentation, and coding.
- Familiarity with database management tools and performance tuning techniques.
- Strong problem-solving and communication skills.
- Familiarity with programming/scripting languages like bash, Python, Go, etc.
- Experience with DbaaS on cloud platforms such as GCP or AWS (would be a plus).
- Certification in database management or equivalent training (would be a plus).
- Experience in migrating large databases between cloud platforms.
- Knowledge of the latest trends in database administration.
- Familiarity with modern DevOps practices such as Kubernetes, Terraform, Helm.
- Experience in real-time data streaming technologies such as Debezium/Flink.
- Full-time B2B contract
- Fully remote setup, work from anywhere in Europe
- Up to 20% tax allowance
- 22 paid leave days annually
- Stock options (ESOP) in a fast-scaling, pre-IPO company
- Flexi benefits you can use for wellness, travel, or learning
- Work alongside a high-performing, international engineering team in a global fintech unicorn