Senior Database Administrator
SEON is the command center for fraud prevention and AML compliance, helping thousands of companies worldwide stop fraud, reduce risk and protect revenue. Powered by 900+ real-time, first-party data signals, SEON enriches customer profiles, flags suspicious behavior and streamlines compliance workflows - all from one place. SEON provides richer data, more flexible and transparent analysis, and faster time to value than any other provider on the market. We’ve helped companies reduce fraud by 95% and achieve 32x ROI, and we’re growing fast, thanks to our partnerships with some of the world’s most ambitious digital brands like Revolut, Wise, and Bilt.
We are looking for a Senior Database Administrator to help operate and scale SEON’s database platforms as our products and data continue to grow. In this role, you will work across multiple database technologies, including PostgreSQL on AWS RDS, ClickHouse, and YugabyteDB, supporting a variety of workloads and use cases.
Your focus will be to keep our database platforms reliable, scalable, observable, secure, and cost-efficient, while partnering closely with engineering teams on performance, architecture, and operational excellence.
This role offers flexibility and can be based in Budapest with a hybrid schedule.
WHAT YOU’LL DO:
Operate, maintain, and scale database platforms that handle terabytes of data
Design scalable, reliable database architectures for different workloads and availability requirements
Support and optimize databases including PostgreSQL on AWS RDS, ClickHouse, and YugabyteDB
Troubleshoot database issues and query performance bottlenecks across large datasets
Improve schema design, data structures, migrations, and change management processes
Partner with development teams during design and delivery to ensure robust, scalable solutions
Assess and communicate technical risks and tradeoffs in database and platform decisions
Contribute to monitoring, observability, security, backup, and recovery practices across the database estate
Participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation as part of the team
Support and guide team members in using database resources effectively and efficiently
WHAT YOU’ll BRING:
Strong experience designing and administering large-scale databases handling terabytes of data, with particular strength in PostgreSQL; experience with other database technologies such as Oracle, Aurora, or DB2 is also valued.
Experience managing databases in at least one major cloud environment, such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
Strong knowledge of database design, configuration, maintenance, performance tuning, and troubleshooting
Experience working with multiple database engines and understanding their operational tradeoffs
Familiarity with database development processes, operational best practices, and reliability principles
Basic knowledge of Terraform-managed databases or infrastructure as code
Strong English communication skills
(AMAZING IF YOU ALSO HAVE):
Experience with Apache Kafka
Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes
Experience with Grafana or similar observability tooling
Scripting or coding skills in Bash or Python
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