Senior Database Engineer – Postgres

Oracle + Postgres
UNITED STATES
October 20, 2026
Full Time
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Job Description

Company: DRW
Location: Chicago, IL
Workplace Type: On-site
Employment Type: Full-time
Pay / Compensation: $150,000 – $225,000

About the Role

DRW is seeking a Senior Database Engineer with a focus in PostgreSQL and Oracle to manage the implementation, support, and maintenance of mission-critical database environments. In this role, you will oversee clustering, storage, security, monitoring, performance tuning, troubleshooting, and disaster recovery across production and non-production systems. You will collaborate closely with systems and development teams to evaluate physical and logical designs, ensuring database infrastructure scales efficiently with high-throughput business demands.

What You’ll Do / Key Responsibilities

  • Manage Database Platforms: Proactively manage and optimize PostgreSQL and Oracle database platforms alongside their underlying OS environments.
  • Performance & Query Tuning: Perform database performance and query tuning to ensure high availability and responsiveness.
  • Maintain Production Systems: Implement, configure, and maintain mission-critical production and non-production databases.
  • Backup & Disaster Recovery: Perform database backups, restores, log shipping, mirroring, and replication operations.
  • Infrastructure & Capacity Planning: Partner with system engineering teams on database server installations, configurations, performance tuning, and capacity planning.
  • Developer Collaboration: Collaborate with development teams on database design, query optimization, and architectural best practices.
  • Production Support: Respond efficiently to production incidents and business-critical outages.

Requirements & Qualifications

  • PostgreSQL Expertise: 5+ years of hands-on production PostgreSQL database engineering experience.
  • Oracle Expertise: 5+ years of production Oracle database engineering experience.
  • Operating Systems: Strong UNIX/Linux system administration skills.
  • Performance Optimization: Deep knowledge of database performance tuning and configuration tools.
  • Process & Delivery: Strong understanding of SDLC, source control, and change management protocols.
  • Soft Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills with a proven ability to perform under pressure in an agile environment.

Preferred / Bonus Qualifications

  • High Availability: Practical experience with clustering, replication, and mirroring.
  • Storage Infrastructure: SAN architecture and storage knowledge.

Benefits & Perks

  • Compensation: Base salary range of $150,000–$225,000 plus eligibility for an annual discretionary bonus.
  • Health Coverage: Comprehensive group medical, pharmacy, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Retirement Planning: 401(k) plan with discretionary employer match.
  • Additional Perks: Health Savings Accounts (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA), life/AD&D insurance, and short/long-term disability coverage.

DRW is an equal opportunity employer.

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