Lead Engineer (Database)

About Us

Location- Hyderabad

Level - Team Leader

Department - Product R&D

Working Pattern - Work from Office

Benefits - Benefits at Ideagen

Salary - To be discussed at next stage

At Ideagen, we're building the data platforms that power a global portfolio of products. We're looking for a Lead Database Engineer to lead Database Engineering Squad 2, driving database architecture, performance, reliability, and modernization across our SQL Server and PostgreSQL estate.As a hands-on technical leader, you will define the technical direction for the squad while actively contributing to complex database engineering challenges. You'll work closely with engineers, architects, and product teams to ensure our databases remain scalable, secure, and resilient as our product portfolio continues to grow.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical direction and delivery of Database Engineering Squad 2.
• Design and optimize database architectures across SQL Server and PostgreSQL environments.
• Drive database performance tuning, scalability improvements, and modernization initiatives.
• Establish standards for database design, migrations, security, backup, and recovery.
• Lead complex schema changes, cloud migrations, and high-availability solutions.
• Partner with engineering teams to solve performance and reliability challenges at the right layer.
• Mentor and coach Database Engineers, fostering technical excellence and AI-assisted engineering practices.
• Contribute to major incident management, root cause analysis, and long-term remediation.
• Champion automation, Infrastructure as Code, database CI/CD, and operational best practices.

Skills and Experience

• Extensive database engineering experience, including architecture, performance tuning, and operational excellence at scale.
• Strong expertise in PostgreSQL and SQL Server.
• Experience with cloud database platforms such as AWS RDS, Aurora, Azure SQL, or Managed Instance.
• Proven track record leading technical direction while remaining hands-on.
• Experience with automation, CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, and modern Git workflows.
• Strong communication, mentoring, and stakeholder management skills.

About Ideagen

Ideagen is the invisible force behind many things we rely on every day - from keeping airplanes soaring in the sky, to ensuring the food on our tables is safe, to helping doctors and nurses care for the sick. So, when you think of Ideagen, think of it as the silent teammate that's always working behind the scenes to help those people who make our lives safer and better. Everyday millions of people are kept safe using Ideagen software. We have offices all over the world including America, Australia, Malaysia and India with people doing lots of different and exciting jobs.

What is next?

If your application meets the requirements for this role, our Talent Acquisition team will be in touch to guide you through the next steps.

To ensure a flexible and inclusive process, please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments by contacting us at [email protected]. All matters will be treated with strict confidence.

At Ideagen, we value the importance of work-life balance and welcome candidates seeking flexible or part-time working arrangements. If this is something you are interested in, please let us know during the application process.

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