Senior PostgreSQL DBA (AWS / RDS)

ppJoin Sendcloud as Senior PostgreSQL DBA — own AWS RDS and Aurora at scale, sharpen performance, strengthen resilience, and set database standards across engineering. /p pEindhoven (1 day in office) | 40hrs per week /p pThis is what you tell people at parties /p pWe didn't become Europe's leading e-commerce shipping platform by playing it safe. Sendcloud powers 30,000+ online retailers, marketplaces, and fulfillment companies. Helping them ship smarter, grow faster, and actually get shit done for their customers. Boring logistics? Not here. We're building the platform that solves shipping, at scale, globally! /p pAs we scale past 30,000+ retailers, the complexity at our data layer is growing just as fast — query bottlenecks, oversized instances, and PostgreSQL knowledge gaps across teams. You'd join our Platform Engineering domain to own that complexity end to end, from query performance and schema design to backup strategy and disaster recovery. It's a role with real technical authority: the standards you set for PostgreSQL will shape how every engineering team at Sendcloud builds on data for years to come. /p h3The Role /h3 ul liAs the Senior PostgreSQL DBA, own our PostgreSQL estate technically and operationally, from AWS RDS and Aurora clusters to the schemas running on top of them. /li liSet the technical bar for query performance, indexing, and schema design across a microservices environment serving 30,000+ retailers. /li liAct as the trusted PostgreSQL advisor for backend and platform engineers, raising database hygiene across every feature team. /li liShape our long-term PostgreSQL strategy — tooling, observability, and cost-efficiency — as we continue to scale. /li /ul h3What you'll do /h3 ul liOperate and improve PostgreSQL clusters running on AWS RDS and Aurora, tuning performance and resolving bottlenecks before they become incidents. /li liAnalyse and optimise complex queries, indexes, and schemas to keep performance predictable as traffic scales. /li liOwn backup and disaster-recovery strategy, including regular restore testing and clear RTO/RPO targets. /li liLead PostgreSQL major-version upgrades and zero-downtime schema migrations on systems that can't afford downtime. /li liDesign scalable PostgreSQL schemas for a microservices environment, guiding decisions on partitioning, denormalisation, replication, and indexing. /li liBuild security into schema design, including row-level security policies and least-privilege access for sensitive tables. /li liDrive PostgreSQL enablement across engineering — training, playbooks, and 'DB Hygiene 101' guidelines that raise the bar for every team. /li liWork with our Platform and Product Engineering teams to ensure data reliability, performance, and scalability /li liContribute to our long-term PostgreSQL strategy, including tooling, observability, and cost-efficiency /li /ul h3What you bring to the table /h3 h3Personally /h3 ul liYou take ownership without waiting to be asked — you spot reliability and performance risks before they become incidents and drive the fix yourself. /li liYou'd rather explain a database trade-off clearly to a non-DBA than hide behind jargon, and you enjoy being the person engineers turn to with tricky PostgreSQL questions. /li liYou're comfortable influencing technical decisions across teams without formal authority, backed up by documentation people actually read. /li /ul h3Professionally /h3 ul li5+ years of experience in database engineering or administration with PostgreSQL as your primary focus, including 4+ years hands‑on in high‑availability production environments. /li li3+ years operating PostgreSQL on AWS (RDS or Aurora), covering backup strategies, replication, monitoring, and performance tuning. /li li3+ years working in cloud-native or SaaS environments, ideally within a microservices‑based architecture. /li liStrong command of PostgreSQL internals — planner, vacuuming, WAL, and query plans — with a proven track record of solving performance bottlenecks at scale. /li liComfortable with infrastructure-as-code and DevOps practices (Git, Terraform, CI/CD pipelines), and confident reading Python application code using ORMs such as SQLAlchemy or Django ORM. /li liNice to have: previous experience with connection pooling (e.g. RDS Proxy) in high-concurrency environments, or contributions to open‑source PostgreSQL tooling. /li /ul h3Our Values /h3 ul libNo bullshit: /b Big egos suck. Be open, honest and transparent. Share your mistakes openly and learn from them. Don't just talk about problems, solve them. /li libGrow win: /b Be highly curious, adaptable proactive. Embrace discomfort and change. Keep an open mindset and learn from others. You invest in our growth, so we invest in yours. /li libHave fun: /b Work hard, laugh harder. Not everything has to be serious. Be yourself, especially if you're the good kind of crazy. Sendcloud is an adventure, not a corporate maze, enjoy the ride. /li /ul h3Benefits /h3 h3Brain Benefits — /h3 ul li€2,000 learning budget /li liCourses, certifications conferences /li liGrowth in an international team /li /ul h3Time Benefits — /h3 ul li28 days of paid vacations per year /li liExtra day off on your birthday /li liSwap public holidays for meaningful ones /li /ul h3Sabbatical Benefits — /h3 ul li4 weeks fully paid every 3 years /li /ul h3Home Benefits — /h3 ul liFlexible hybrid model (3+ days/week in office) /li li€500 home office budget /li /ul h3Body Benefits — /h3 ul liCompany gym /li liFree lunch every Monday /li liFresh fruit /li liBarista coffee /li /ul h3Travel Benefits — /h3 ul liMonthly commuting allowance /li /ul h3Future Benefits — /h3 ul liPension scheme /li liEmployee discount programs /li /ul h3Vibe Benefits — /h3 ul liDog-friendly office /li liAfter-hours drinks at the Sendcloud Bar /li /ul ul liYearly salary: €84,300 /li /ul pWe only accept applications from people who are already living in the Netherlands. Your application will not be reviewed and auto rejected if you do not have a registered address in the Netherlands. /p /p #J-18808-Ljbffr