database engineer for distributed data platforms

Exness is a trading broker serving over a million clients globally. Its database and data platform infrastructure supports critical global workloads, and its internal platform solutions and automation tools enable reliability, scalability, observability, and self-service operations across the engineering organization.

• Design and evolve distributed database architectures for high availability and scalability
• Own replication strategies, failover mechanisms, and data consistency models
• Ensure the reliability of database platforms in production
• Lead incident response and root cause analysis for database-related issues
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex database performance and reliability issues independently
• Define preventive measures to eliminate recurring issues
• Analyze and optimize complex queries and database workloads
• Design indexing strategies and data models for high-load systems
• Identify and eliminate system-wide performance bottlenecks
• Design and implement automation for database operations, including backups, failover, and scaling
• Improve Infrastructure-as-Code and database deployment processes
• Reduce manual operational workload through automation

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
• 4–7+ Years of experience in database engineering or DBA roles
• Experience with high-load, distributed systems
• Deep expertise in PostgreSQL
• Deep expertise in at least one other production-grade database platform, such as ClickHouse, MongoDB, or Cassandra
• Strong experience with HA/DR strategies and database clustering
• Understanding of SLI/SLO principles and production reliability practices
• Advanced performance tuning and query optimization skills
• Strong understanding of database fundamentals, including consistency, isolation, and scaling
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus and Grafana
• Experience with automation, including scripts, IaC, and CI/CD pipelines

• Relocation support is available for you and your family