Senior Database Engineer

Join the Database Services department to shape the future of enterprise data platforms supporting thousands of critical applications across a highly regulated and technology-diverse environment. The Database Services department is responsible for delivering secure, resilient, cost-efficient, and modern database platforms that power business-critical workloads across on-premises and cloud environments.

Our database platforms are relied upon by development teams, application owners, and business stakeholders to ensure availability, performance, security, and scalability of vital banking services. Beyond operational stability, our platforms enable modernization initiatives, cloud adoption, application transformations, data-driven innovation, and significant technology cost optimization. If you enjoy making strategic technology decisions, designing enterprise-scale database architectures, leading modernization journeys, and simplifying complexity across large technology landscapes, this role could be your ideal next career step.

This role provides an opportunity to work with a diverse technology stack including Database Technologies (PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, MongoDB, IBM Db2), Cloud Platforms (AWS), Data Replication and Migration Technologies (AWS DMS, CDC), Automation (Ansible, Terraform, GitHub Actions, Python, APIs), Containerization (EKS, OpenShift), Data Platform Technologies, Security and Compliance controls, Performance Engineering, High Availability and Disaster Recovery architectures, and AI-enabled database operations.

Why Join Database Services?

You will have an opportunity to shape the future database strategy of one of the largest technology environments in the Nordic financial sector. Your decisions will influence platform modernization, cloud adoption, technology simplification, operational resilience, and cost optimization across thousands of applications and critical business services. As Chief Database Engineer, you will play a key role in defining the next generation of data platforms and engineering practices that support the bank's long-term technology strategy.

What You Will Be Doing

• Design, build, and maintain enterprise database platforms supporting critical business applications.
• Lead and support database modernization initiatives, including migrations to PostgreSQL, cloud-native, and managed database services.
• Automate database provisioning, configuration, monitoring, and operational processes.
• Troubleshoot complex database issues and perform root cause analysis.
• Optimize database performance, availability, capacity, and cost efficiency.
• Support cloud database adoption and platform transformation initiatives in AWS and hybrid-cloud environments.
• Ensure database platforms comply with security, audit, risk, and regulatory requirements.
• Explore and apply AI-powered capabilities to improve database operations, automation, and observability

About You

We believe you are a strong match for this role if you have a solid background in database engineering and a passion for building reliable, modern, and automated database platforms.

• 5+ years of experience in Database Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, Cloud Engineering, or similar roles.

• Strong knowledge of PostgreSQL.

• Experience designing and supporting highly available and resilient database environments.

• Hands-on experience with AWS cloud services and database platforms.

• Experience with automation tools such as Terraform, Ansible, CI/CD pipelines, scripting, and APIs.

• Knowledge of database monitoring, performance tuning, troubleshooting, and capacity management.

• Strong problem-solving, communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.

• Self-driven, proactive, and willing to take ownership of technical challenges.

Interest or experience in applying AI technologies to database operations and engineering practices is an advantage.

What We Offer You

Monthly salary range from 4080 EUR to 6120 EUR gross (based on your competencies relevant for the job).

Additionally, each Danske Bank employee receives employee benefits package which includes:

• Growth opportunities: professional & supportive team, e-learnings, numerous development programs; (incl. professional certificates); 100+ professions for internal mobility opportunities.
• Health & Well-being: a diverse, inclusive, work & life balance work environment; additional health insurance; mental well-being practices; partial psychologist counselling compensation; silence and sleep zones at the office; game rooms.
• Hybrid working conditions: Work from home up to two days a week; home office budget (after the probation period); modern Danske Campus workplace developed with anthropologist for the best employee experience.
• Additional days of leave: for rest, health, volunteering, exams in higher education institutions, and other important activities. Moreover, for seniority with Danske Bank.
• Monetary compensation package: accidents & critical diseases insurance; financial support in case of unfortunate events, travel insurance; IIIrd Pillar Pension Fund contribution.

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Your job function (position) in the job contract will be Database Engineering.

Are you ready for the next step?

We would love to hear from you if you are ready to take on this exciting challenge. For questions about this role, reach out to Arnas Baronas at [email protected]. We look forward to hearing from you!