PostgreSQL DBA at Hunarstreet Technologies Pvt Ltd · Chennai · 6 - 8 years · ₹5L - ₹8.5L / yr · Profitable · Posted 22 Jul 2025

Proven experience in PostgreSQL DBA.
Familiarity with tools like pgadmin, pgBackRest and Replication methods.
basic knowledge in Linux
Experience in migration from Oracle to PostgreeSql is plus

About Hunarstreet Technologies Pvt Ltd
About
At Hunarstreet Technologies Pvt Ltd, we specialize in delivering India’s fastest hiring solutions, tailored to meet the unique needs of businesses across various industries. Our mission is to connect companies with exceptional talent, enabling them to achieve their growth and operational goals swiftly and efficiently.
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Database Engineer (PostgreSQL) | 1-5 Years | Bangalore
We are looking for a Database Engineer (PostgreSQL) with 1-5 years of experience to manage, optimize, and maintain PostgreSQL databases. The ideal candidate will have expertise in PostgreSQL, SQL Optimization, Database Design, Performance Tuning, Data Migration, and Backup & Recovery.
Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and maintain PostgreSQL databases.
- Optimize SQL queries and improve database performance.
- Perform database design, indexing, and schema management.
- Execute data migration, backup, recovery, and disaster recovery activities.
- Monitor database health and troubleshoot performance issues.
- Collaborate with development teams to ensure scalable database solutions.
Requirements:
- 1-5 years of PostgreSQL database experience.
- Strong SQL and performance tuning skills.
- Knowledge of database backup, recovery, and migration processes.
Qualifications
● 3-8 years experience in Cloud Database Administration
● Proficient in PostgreSQL database management, including installation, configuration, and performance tuning.
● Experience with Amazon RDS or Cloud SQL and managing databases in cloud environments.
● Proficient in PostgreSQL/MySQL database management, including installation, configuration, and performance tuning.
● Proven experience as a Database Administrator with a focus on
PostgreSQL/MySQL.
● In-depth knowledge of database design, implementation, and management for both PostgreSQL/MySQL environments.
● Familiarity with database security, backup procedures, and performance tuning for both systems.
● Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
● Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.
● Relevant certifications (e.g., PostgreSQL Certified Professional, MySQLDatabase Administrator) are a plus.
Skills:
● Expertise in PostgreSQL/MySQL database management systems.
● SQL programming and query optimization for both databases.
● Data modeling and database design for PostgreSQL/MySQL.
● Backup and recovery procedures for both environments.
● Performance tuning and optimization for PostgreSQL/MySQL.
● Security protocols and measures for PostgreSQL/MySQL.
● Capacity planning and scalability for both systems.
Mactores is the agent-native AWS modernization firm. Most modernization work doesn't ship, it stalls in pilots, slips a year, or lands at three times the budget. We exist to ship it: production systems running, legacy retired, outcomes measured. Our delivery is built on Aedeon, the agent platform built by Mactores' founders' sister company, which absorbs the repetitive 60–70% of engagement work, discovery, dependency mapping, validation, test generation, that traditional consulting bills human hours against. Forward-deployed engineers own the rest: architecture, judgment, and cutover, on dates we commit to in the contract.
We are seeking an experienced Senior Database Developer to lead and support Oracle to PostgreSQL/Aurora PostgreSQL migration initiatives. The role involves deep hands-on work across SQL refactoring, schema conversion, DMS operations, performance tuning, and post–go-live stabilization. The candidate will work closely with application teams, cloud engineers, and stakeholders to ensure a smooth, performant, and compliant migration.
What you will do?
- Refactor and convert Oracle SQL, PL/SQL, and database objects to PostgreSQL-compatible SQL/PLpgSQL.
- Analyze and remediate AWS SCT (Schema Conversion Tool) findings and limitations.
- Manage and maintain Flyway migration codebase (versioned scripts, repeatable migrations, rollbacks).
- Identify, troubleshoot, and fix database-related application bugs.
- Perform query optimization for PostgreSQL (execution plans, indexing strategies, query rewrites).
- Support and monitor AWS DMS during full load and CDC phases.
- Diagnose and resolve DMS data and performance issues.
- Perform data validation and reconciliation between Oracle and PostgreSQL.
- Collaborate with application teams to align SQL behavior and performance expectations.
What are we looking for?
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
- 5+ years of experience as an Oracle/PostgreSQL DBA and database developer.
- Strong experience with Oracle Database and PostgreSQL / Aurora PostgreSQL.
- Hands-on expertise in Oracle to PostgreSQL migration.
- Advanced SQL and query performance tuning skills.
- Experience with AWS SCT and AWS DMS.
- Knowledge of Flyway/Liquibase or similar schema migration tools.
- PostgreSQL internals: indexing, statistics, execution plans.
- AWS services: RDS/Aurora, CloudWatch, IAM (preferred).
You will be preferred if:
- Familiarity with automation and configuration management tools, such as Ansible, Chef, or Puppet.
- Familiarity with IAAC tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation.
- Familiarity with CI/CD implementation tools like Liquibase/Flyway.
- AWS Certified Database – Specialty.
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect.
Senior Database Administrator (DBA)
Database Reliability & Performance • Senior Individual Contributor
- Experience: 6–9 years in production database administration / engineering
- Level: Senior Individual Contributor (hands-on)
- Function: Data Platform — reliability, performance, and governance across relational and distributed SQL & NoSQL DBs.
About the Role
We are hiring a Senior Database Administrator to own the health, performance, and reliability of the data layer behind a high-scale, multi-tenant platform. Our environment spans several independent PostgreSQL database instances, a cache-first read tier, change-data-capture pipeline, analytics and archival stores. Should be capable of implementing NoSQL stores (Cassandra / ScyllaDB) & MySQL end to end as we scale.
This is a hands-on senior IC role for someone who has run demanding production databases and wants full ownership: partitioning and maintenance, performance tuning, monitoring, uptime, disaster recovery, and the security and data-governance documentation that keeps a regulated, multi-tenant platform audit-ready. You will work closely with, and take direction from, engineering leadership — translating priorities into a well-run, well-documented data platform.
What You'll Own
PostgreSQL Depth
- Administer multiple production PostgreSQL instances (v16+), including schema/DDL review, migrations, and release coordination.
- Design and maintain table partitioning strategies (range/hash/time-based) and automate partition lifecycle — creation, retention windows, and safe drops.
- Own query and instance performance tuning: EXPLAIN/ANALYZE, indexing strategy, autovacuum/bloat management, connection pooling (e.g. PgBouncer), and parameter-group tuning.
- Execute zero-downtime schema changes using expand–migrate–contract / blue-green patterns; assess lock impact and avoid long ACCESS EXCLUSIVE locks on hot tables.
- Manage replica topology (writer/reader endpoints), replication lag, and read-scaling as load grows.
- Partner with app teams on migration tooling (e.g. Flyway) and paired forward/rollback scripts; enforce idempotent, reviewed, tested DDL.
NoSQL & Scale
- Data-model, deploy, and operate distributed NoSQL clusters — Cassandra and/or ScyllaDB — including partition/clustering key design, compaction strategy, repair, and node operations (bootstrap, decommission, scale-out).
- Lead the planned migration of high-volume payload tables from partitioned PostgreSQL to Cassandra/ScyllaDB: capacity planning, dual-write/backfill design, cutover, and validation.
- Tune distributed-store read/write paths, consistency levels, and cluster sizing for predictable latency at scale.
- Support the cache-first architecture (Redis) and change-data-capture / streaming pipelines (e.g. Kafka) that move data to analytics and cold-archival stores.
Operations, Reliability & DR
- Own database uptime and SLOs; build and maintain monitoring, alerting, and dashboards for the key signals (latency, replication lag, CPU/IO, connections, vacuum lag, error rates).
- Define and regularly test backup and disaster-recovery strategy — RPO/RTO targets, point-in-time recovery, restore drills, and cross-AZ / future multi-region readiness.
- Drive incident response for database-related issues: triage, mitigation, root-cause analysis, and follow-up actions.
- Write and maintain runbooks (partition maintenance, failover, archival, DR, migration procedures) and participate in an on-call rotation for the data layer.
- Establish production-change discipline: pre-flight and post-deploy verification, rollback criteria, and backup verification before destructive operations.
Security, Governance & Documentation
- Implement and maintain database access control — least-privilege roles, schema-scoped permissions, and row-level security (RLS) for multi-tenant isolation.
- Own data-governance documentation: PII maps, per-table retention policies, audit-readiness, and the controls behind privacy-regulation compliance (e.g. GDPR / DPDP-style erasure and legal-hold workflows).
- Author and maintain architecture decision records (ADRs), schema documentation, and monitoring/runbook docs so the data platform is legible to the wider team.
- Uphold encryption-at-rest/in-transit posture and safe handling of sensitive columns; keep the data layer aligned with the platform's compliance requirements.
Coding & Automation Bar (Required)
This role is automation-first, not click-ops. The right candidate treats repetitive database work as something to script away and can drop into application code when a problem demands it.
- Strong scripting in Python and Bash for automation of maintenance, backups, partition management, backfills, and health checks.
- Comfortable with infrastructure-as-code (e.g. Terraform) and configuration management (e.g. Ansible) for reproducible database infrastructure.
- Solid SQL and PL/pgSQL; able to read and debug application-layer database code and, worst case, write or patch application code (e.g. Python/Node/Java) to unblock a fix.
- Fluent with Git-based workflows, code review, and CI for database migrations and tooling.
Required Qualifications
- 6–9 years operating relational databases in demanding production environments, with deep PostgreSQL expertise (internals, partitioning, replication, performance tuning).
- Hands-on experience running at least one distributed NoSQL store in production — Cassandra or ScyllaDB strongly preferred (other wide-column/distributed stores considered).
- Proven ownership of backup/DR, monitoring, and incident response for production databases.
- Strong scripting/automation background (Python, Bash) and experience with IaC.
- Experience with managed cloud databases (AWS RDS or equivalent) and understanding of instance/parameter-group tuning, replicas, and failover.
- Experience designing for multi-tenancy and data isolation at scale.
- Clear written communication — able to produce runbooks, ADRs, and governance docs a team can rely on.
Nice to Have
- Experience migrating workloads from PostgreSQL to Cassandra/ScyllaDB (or similar relational-to-distributed migrations).
- Familiarity with Redis as a cache tier and with CDC / streaming pipelines (e.g. Kafka, Debezium).
- Exposure to Flyway (or Liquibase), pgTAP or similar schema testing, and PgBouncer.
- Working knowledge of privacy regulations (GDPR, India DPDP) and audit/compliance processes.
How You Work
- Ownership mindset — takes a directive and runs it to done, with sound judgment on trade-offs.
- Reliability-first and detail-oriented; disciplined about verification, rollback, and documentation.
- Collaborative in a high-performing engineering team; communicates clearly with developers and leadership.
- Pragmatic and scale-aware — designs for where the platform is going, not just where it is.
Key Responsibilities
Administer, monitor, and support database platforms including Couchbase, PostgreSQL, and Oracle.
Perform database performance tuning, optimization, and troubleshooting.
Write and optimize complex SQL queries, stored procedures, and scripts.
Ensure database availability, reliability, backup, recovery, and security compliance.
Support production incidents, root cause analysis, and ongoing operational improvements.
Collaborate with application, infrastructure, and support teams to resolve database-related issues.
Required Skills
5 to 10 years of hands-on experience in Database Administration.
Strong experience with Couchbase, PostgreSQL, and/or Oracle databases.
Expertise in performance tuning, query optimization, indexing, and SQL development (Complex Queries, Stored Procedures, Scripts)
Experience with database monitoring, backup, recovery, and maintenance activities.
Production Support, Troubleshooting & RCA
Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
Nice to Have
Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
Exposure to database automation and scripting
Description :
Key Responsibilities :
Primary Database Expertise :
1. One resource should have PostgreSQL as their primary database expertise.
2. One resource should have MySQL as their primary database expertise.
3. One resource should have either PostgreSQL or MySQL as their primary database expertise.
Secondary Database Skills :
- Proficiency in other databases such as MongoDB, MSSQL, ElasticSearch, Oracle, and Redis is a plus.
- Hands-on experience with databases in cloud environments, including GCP, AWS, or Azure, is a must.
- Familiarity with database migrations on GCP, AWS, or Azure cloud platforms is advantageous.
Qualifications and Skills :
- Minimum of 4 years of hands-on experience with MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MSSQL databases.
- Strong logical thinking skills to analyze and solve complex database-related issues.
- Excellent communication and articulation abilities, with the capacity to interact effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Proficiency in handling customer calls and addressing their database-related queries and concerns.
- Experience in one of the following primary databases : PostgreSQL, MySQL.
- Knowledge of secondary databases like MongoDB, MSSQL, ElasticSearch, Oracle, and Redis is a plus.
- Prior experience with database administration in GCP, AWS, or Azure cloud environments.
- Familiarity with database migration processes on cloud platforms is a beneficial skill.
This role offers an opportunity to work with diverse database technologies and cloud platforms, making it an ideal position for a skilled Senior DBA who enjoys a dynamic and challenging environment. If you have a strong database background and are looking to take your career to the next level, we encourage you to apply.
You'll own heterogeneous database migrations end to end for enterprise customers moving off Oracle and SQL Server onto PostgreSQL and Aurora PostgreSQL. That means running the AWS DMS and SCT toolchain, then doing the part the tools can't: rebuilding procedural business logic in PL/pgSQL when SCT flags a gap it can't close on its own. You ship the runbook, you run the cutover, you validate the result.
What you'll do?
- Lead end-to-end database migration initiatives, including assessment, planning, schema conversion, execution, and post-migration validation.
- Design, configure, and manage AWS DMS and SCT environments while ensuring migration quality, performance, and reliability.
- Author comprehensive migration runbooks that define execution procedures, validation checkpoints, rollback plans, and operational readiness activities.
- Perform database migration assessments, dependency analysis, compatibility reviews, and migration strategy recommendations.
- Collaborate with infrastructure, application, security, and platform teams to ensure successful migration outcomes.
- Drive migration testing activities, including functional validation, performance testing, failover testing, and production readiness reviews.
- Provide technical leadership and guidance to migration teams while ensuring adherence to AWS migration best practices and governance standards.
- Lead conversion and refactoring of procedural database code — Oracle PL/SQL (packages, procedures, functions, triggers, cursors) and SQL Server T-SQL (stored procedures, functions, triggers) — into PostgreSQL/Aurora PostgreSQL PL/pgSQL, resolving semantic and behavioral differences identified by SCT.
What we're looking for?
- 8–12 years of professional experience in database architecture and migration delivery
- Hands-on expertise in AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) and AWS Schema Conversion Tool (SCT) for enterprise-scale database migrations
- Deep proficiency in Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and Aurora PostgreSQL environments, including migration planning, execution, and optimization
- Proven background in delivering heterogeneous database migrations across on-premises, cloud, and AWS environments
- Knowledge of production database operations, including backup and restore strategies, parameter tuning, performance optimization, and failover testing
- Skills in authoring and executing migration runbooks, validation plans, cutover procedures, rollback strategies, and post-migration stabilization activities
- Strong understanding of AWS database services, migration best practices, and integration with broader cloud migration programs
- Experience engaging directly with enterprise customers, architecture teams, and migration stakeholders to drive successful delivery outcomes
- Strong hands-on experience converting Oracle PL/SQL and SQL Server T-SQL business logic to PL/pgSQL, including handling of exception handling models, cursor semantics, autonomous transactions, sequences/identity columns, implicit data type conversions, and proprietary built-in packages/functions with no native PostgreSQL equivalent
- Ability to identify and remediate SCT action items and manual conversion gaps in procedural code (e.g., DBMS_* packages, UTL_* utilities, SQL Server system procedures, dynamic SQL, and nested/recursive procedure calls) and validate converted logic through functional and regression testing.
You'll be preferred if you
- Have tuned production database performance, backup and restore strategy, and failover testing in high-stakes environments.
- Have led migration teams or mentored engineers through complex conversions.
- Bring experience with broader AWS cloud migration programs beyond the database layer.
Data Platform Engineer
Design, automate, and scale our data platform — this is an engineering role, not a traditional "DBA job.
Must-have :
- Data modeling & schema design (from first principles, not just maintenance)
- PostgreSQL (deep, hands-on — partitioning, replication, tuning)
- Any distributed NoSQL store (Cassandra, ScyllaDB, or similar wide-column/distributed DB) (real production experience)
- Python (automation & tooling, not just scripting)
- DevOps & CI/CD (building pipelines, not just using them)
- Terraform (infrastructure-as-code)
You'll:
- Design schemas, partitioning strategies, and lead the Postgres → Cassandra migration end-to-end
- Own PostgreSQL performance, replication, and zero-downtime schema changes
- Build Python-based automation to eliminate repetitive DB work
- Own CI/CD pipelines and Terraform-based infra provisioning
- Drive uptime, DR, monitoring, and incident response
- Own multi-tenant security (RLS, least-privilege access) and data governance
Experience: 4–9 years, data/database/platform engineering in demanding production environments.
Bonus: Kafka/Debezium (CDC), Redis, Flyway/Liquibase, GDPR/DPDP exposure.
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VerbaFlo.ai is a fast-growing AI SaaS startup revolutionizing how businesses leverage AI-powered solutions. As a part of our dynamic team, you’ll work alongside industry leaders and visionaries to drive innovation and execution across multiple functions.
Role Overview
We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to design and develop user-friendly, scalable, and high-performance web applications. This role requires deep expertise in backend technologies, attention to detail, and the ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend systems, APIs, and data pipelines.
- Collaborate closely with frontend engineers, product managers, and AI teams to deliver cohesive features and seamless user experiences.
- Ensure the reliability, security, and performance of backend systems.
- Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code using modern backend practices.
- Implement automated testing, CI/CD workflows, and infrastructure as code (where applicable).
- Own the end-to-end lifecycle of backend features, from architecture to deployment.
- Monitor production systems and resolve performance and scalability issues.
- Contribute to architectural decisions and help evolve our engineering best practices.
Requirements
- 4–6 years of experience in backend development in startups, preferably in SaaS or AI-driven products.
- Proficiency in Node.js, Python, or Go
- Deep understanding of RESTful API design.
- Strong experience with databases: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, ElasticSearch.
- Exposure to message queues, job schedulers, or event-driven architectures (e.g., SQS, Celery, etc).
- Familiarity with cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, or Azure and containerization tools (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Experience with Git, CI/CD tools, and writing unit/integration tests.
- Strong problem-solving skills and a mindset geared toward performance and security.
- Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.
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- Work directly with top leadership in a high-impact role.
- Be part of an innovative and fast-growing AI startup.
- Opportunity to take ownership of key projects and drive efficiency.
- A collaborative, ambitious, and fast-paced work environment.
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If you’re looking for an exciting role that combines strategy, execution, and leadership exposure, we’d love to hear from you!
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The backend is the operational core of the product: it manages user projects and sessions, coordinates long-running AI agent workloads, maintains project state, and serves as the integration layer between the frontend, the AI system, and the underlying infrastructure.
The mandatory requirement is hands-on production experience shipping Node.js services, with end-to-end ownership of API design, data modelling, and at least one production system involving background job processing or event-driven patterns.
Responsibilities
API and service development: Design and build REST APIs in Node.js with TypeScript. Cover authentication, session management, input validation, structured error handling, streaming responses (SSE, WebSockets), and rate limiting. Maintain clean API contracts that the frontend and AI system can rely on.
Database design and management: Own PostgreSQL schema design for product domains including user accounts, projects, file trees, session state, and generated artefacts. Write efficient queries, manage migrations, and optimise for read patterns that serve a real-time editor experience.
Caching strategy: Implement and maintain caching with Redis for session data, project state, and frequently read configuration. Design cache invalidation logic that keeps the editor experience consistent without stale reads.
Queue and background job management: Implement and operate background job infrastructure using BullMQ or equivalent. AI agent runs are long-running and stateful; handle retries, failure states, priority queues, and concurrency limits.
AI system integration: Build the integration layer between the backend and the AI agent system. Manage job dispatch, result handling, streaming output to the frontend, and error propagation.
Multi-tenancy and access control: Implement tenant data isolation, RBAC, and resource ownership enforcement across all API surfaces.
Observability and reliability: Instrument services with structured logging, metrics, and tracing. Write defensive code with sensible timeouts, fallback behaviour, and circuit breaking on external dependencies.
Testing and code quality: Write unit and integration tests for the services you ship. Review the work of peers and contribute to shared engineering conventions.
Requirements
• Hands-on production Node.js experience (mandatory) — must have personally shipped at least one feature area end to end in a production Node.js service, owning API design, data modelling, and testing.
• 3 to 5 years of professional backend engineering experience. Candidates with slightly less time but strong demonstrated ownership are welcome to apply.
• Strong Node.js and TypeScript. Production experience with Express, NestJS, or Fastify. Solid with async patterns, streaming, error handling, and building services that run reliably under sustained load.
• PostgreSQL depth. Schema design, query writing, indexing, and migrations on at least one production system.
• Redis and caching. Production experience using Redis for caching and session management. Understands cache invalidation trade-offs.
• Queue and background job systems. Hands-on with BullMQ, RabbitMQ, SQS, or equivalent. Experience managing retries, dead-letter queues, job priority, and concurrency control.
• AWS working knowledge. Comfortable with EC2, S3, RDS, SQS, and IAM. Familiar with Docker and basic deployment and environment management.
• Strong written and spoken English. Able to communicate clearly with engineers across disciplines and write precise technical documentation.
Nice to Have
Experience integrating with AI or LLM services (streaming responses, structured outputs, retry patterns); WebSocket or SSE implementation for real-time features; multi-tenant SaaS product experience; GraphQL; OpenTelemetry instrumentation; prior work on developer tools or editor-style products.






