Senior Database Engineer

I’m partnering with a top-tier hedge fund that operates at the cutting edge of quantitative finance, engineering, and automation. This team tackles some of the most complex data and performance challenges in the industry by applying scientific rigour, engineering excellence, and large-scale automation. If you enjoy building systems that run themselves and operating at serious scale, please apply.

The Opportunity

You’ll help build, operate, and scale mission‑critical database platforms across on‑prem and AWS, supporting research and production systems where performance and reliability truly matter. To give a sense of scale: Each DBA owns ~400 databases, so the emphasis is firmly on automation, self‑healing systems, and standardised fleet operations, not manual firefighting.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Building and scaling distributed database services at fleet level
• Supporting large estates of PostgreSQL, SQL Server, MySQL & CockroachDB
• Driving high availability, performance tuning & disaster recovery
• Designing automation for provisioning, upgrades, replication & monitoring (Python, Terraform, Ansible)
• Partnering closely with application & research teams on low‑latency, high‑throughput systems

What My Client Is Looking For

• Hands‑on experience running databases at scale
• Strong Linux & Python skills
• Exposure to AWS data services, containerised / Kubernetes environments
• Familiarity with modern observability stacks
• Engineers who enjoy solving hard problems with automation‑first thinking

Package & Benefits

• Up to £150,000 base + very strong total compensation (DOE)
• 35 days’ annual leave
• 9% employer pension contribution
• Daily lunch provided + on‑site barista
• Private healthcare & life assurance

Location

London

Hybrid

4 days in the office, up to 10 WFH days per month

Please note that no sponsorship is available; all applicants must have full right to work in the United Kingdom.

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