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We’re a family-founded company on a mission to create the world’s first AI-powered Personal & Entrepreneurial Resource Planner (PRP), and we need your passion and ambition to help us change how people plan, work, and live. Born in Lisbon, Portugal in 2018-and now with offices in both Lisbon and San Francisco-we’ve remained self-funded while reaching over 100 million downloads worldwide.\nOur long-term focus drives us to challenge the status quo every day, pushing the boundaries of AI-driven solutions that truly make a difference. Here, you’ll be a creative force, shaping products that empower people across the globe.\nJoin us on this journey to redefine resource management-and change lives along the way.\nThe Role\nAs a Database Administrator (DBA) at Air Apps, you will be responsible for managing, optimizing, and securing large-scale, complex databases. You will work with engineering teams to design, implement, and maintain high-performance, scalable, and resilient database systems that power our AI-driven platform.\nYour role will involve database tuning, backup and recovery strategies, monitoring, and ensuring data integrity while working with structured and unstructured data sources.\nThis is a fully onsite position, based at our office in Lisbon, where you will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams in person and contribute to a dynamic and fast-paced environment. We are open to support with relocation efforts.\n\nResponsibilities\nDesign, implement, and maintain high-performance database systems to support large-scale applications.\n\nOptimize database queries, indexing strategies, and partitioning to enhance performance.\n\nMonitor database health, ensuring high availability, scalability, and disaster recovery.\n\nManage and fine-tune SQL and NoSQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, DynamoDB).\n\nImplement database security policies, encryption, and access control to protect sensitive data.\n\nAutomate database backups, replication, and failover mechanisms.\n\nWork closely with developers to optimize queries, schema design, and data modeling.\n\nPerform capacity planning and monitor database growth trends.\n\nEnsure compliance with data governance, GDPR, and other regulatory requirements.\n\nStay updated with the latest database technologies, trends, and best practices.\n\nRequirements\nAround 4+ years of experience as a Database Administrator (DBA) or similar role.\n\nExpertise in relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server) and/or NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Redis, Cassandra, DynamoDB).\n\nStrong knowledge of database optimization, indexing, partitioning, and replication.\n\nExperience in performance tuning, query optimization, and troubleshooting slow queries.\n\nFamiliarity with database backup, recovery, failover, and disaster recovery strategies.\n\nExperience with cloud database services (AWS RDS, Aurora, Google Cloud Spanner, Azure SQL).\n\nKnowledge of scripting for automation (Python, Bash, SQL scripts).\n\nUnderstanding of data security best practices, encryption, and compliance requirements.\n\nExperience working with large, complex datasets and high-traffic applications.\n\nAbility to work with DevOps teams to integrate databases into CI/CD workflows.\n\nWhat benefits are we offering?\nApple hardware ecosystem for work.\n\nAnnual Bonus\n\nTop-tier Health and Life Insurance for peace of mind.\n\nTransportation Budget to support your commute needs.\n\nCoverflex benefits package for meal allowances, well-being, and more.\n\nChildcare support.\n\nAir Conference - an opportunity to meet the team, collaborate, and grow together.\n\nPension Fund to support your long-term financial planning.\n\nUrban Sports Club membership to keep you active.\n\nMeals 100% free at the hub.\n\nDiversity & Inclusion\nAt Air Apps, we are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace. 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