# Senior Database Administrator

**Company:** [PDQ](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/pdq)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Data Engineering
**Experience:** 6+ years
**Skills:** Postgres, GCP, Cloud Sql, SQL, Terraform, Python, Bash, Docker, Kubernetes, Prometheus, Grafana, ClickHouse, Database Replication, Database Sharding, Database Partitioning
**Posted:** 2026-08-14

> The Senior Database Administrator will design, operate, secure, and optimize high-volume PostgreSQL databases supporting a scalable SaaS platform. The role requires 6+ years managing databases at scale, strong performance-tuning expertise, and experience with high availability, automation, observability, and recovery.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Design and implement database architecture solutions that scale with a growing SaaS platform.
- Lead database performance tuning, optimization, and troubleshooting initiatives.
- Investigate and resolve complex production database performance and availability issues, including root-cause analysis, incident mitigation, and long-term improvements.
- Collaborate with software development teams to optimize database queries and schema designs.
- Collaborate with DevOps teams to automate routine database administration tasks and maintenance procedures.
- Extend and maintain database observability tools to monitor performance and capacity, analyze historical data, identify trends, and proactively address issues.
- Implement and maintain database security measures and access controls.
- Mentor and teach engineering teams to write optimized, performant database queries.

## Requirements
- 6+ years of experience managing databases at scale.
- Experience in a SaaS environment with high-availability requirements.
- Strong understanding of OLTP databases, specifically PostgreSQL in high-volume environments.
- Experience with database replication, partitioning, sharding, and clustering.
- Proficiency in SQL performance tuning, query optimization, and schema design.
- Experience with automation tools and scripting languages such as Bash and Python.
- Knowledge of backup and recovery tools and methodologies.
- Detail-oriented, organized, collaborative, independent, highly motivated, and solution-driven.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build authentic business relationships.

## Nice-to-Haves
- Experience with cloud platforms, specifically Google Cloud Platform and Cloud SQL.
- Knowledge of containerization and orchestration with Docker and Kubernetes.
- Experience with monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and GCP SQL Query Insights.
- PostgreSQL or related technology certifications.
- Experience troubleshooting PostgreSQL WAL and VACUUM behavior.
- Experience with OLAP columnar databases such as ClickHouse.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Four-day work week.
- Equity participation.
- Managers who support professional development.
- 100% premium coverage for medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents.
- 100% premium coverage for short-term disability, long-term disability, life, and AD&D insurance.
- Company match on the first 6% of employee deferrals.
- Flexible paid time off.
- Health Savings Account and wellness incentives.
- Quarterly, team-member-nominated company values award.

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