(921) Senior Database Administrator

Explore the Nearsure experience! 

🌐 Join our close-knit LATAM remote team: Connect through fun activities like coffee breaks, tech talks, and games with your team-mates and management. 

🍃 Say goodbye to micromanagement! We champion autonomy, open communication, and respect for diversity as our core values. 

⚖️Your well-being matters: Our People Care team is here from day one to support you with everything from time-off requests to wellness check-ins. 

Plus, our Accounts Management team ensures smooth, effective client relationships, so you can focus on what you do best. 

Ready to grow with us? 🚀 
 
Here’s what we offer you by joining us! 
 
✨ Competitive USD salary 💲 – We value your skills and contributions! 

🌐 100% remote work 🏢 – While you can work from anywhere, you’re always welcome to connect with teammates and grow your network at our coworking spaces across LATAM!  

💼 Paid time off – Take the time you need according to your country’s regulations, all while receiving your full salary. Rest, recharge, and come back stronger!  

🎉 National Holidays celebrated 🌴 – Take time off to celebrate important events and traditions with loved ones, fully embracing your culture. 

😷 Sick leave – Focus on your health without the stress. Take the necessary time to recover and feel better. 

💸 Refundable Annual Credit – Spend it on the perks you love to enhance your work-life balance! 

🤝 Team-building activities – Join us for coffee breaks, tech talks, and after-work gatherings to bond with your Nearsure family and feel part of our vibrant community. 

🥳 Birthday day off 🎂 – Enjoy an extra day off during your birthday week to celebrate in style with friends and family! 
 
 
About the project 
 
As a Senior Database Engineer, you will build a new Database Engineering (DE) practice. The ideal candidate will have the crucial role of creating and managing a small team DE practice that is responsible for the company’s revenue-generating databases. 
 
 
How your day-to-day work will look like 
 
✅ Lead, hire, and mentor a team of 3 database engineers, fostering a collaborative and innovative environment and ensuring they are set up for success. 
✅ Provide guidance, training, and professional development opportunities to team members. 
✅ Taking a hands-on role within the team to specify, design, implement and deliver technical solutions. 
✅ Own all database functions and engineering on the revenue technology side of the organization including being accountable for the associated spend (FinOps practices) and forecasted capacity needs. 
✅ Providing thought leadership for how components and services are developed, tested and progressed. 
✅ Collaborate with the team to design and implement scalable and efficient database architectures. 
✅ Oversee the development and maintenance of data models, schemas, and structures. 
✅ Document all relevant processes related to database design, configuration, and performance. 
✅ Lead monitoring and supporting database systems (IaaS / PaaS) to ensure optimized performance and automation wherever possible. 
✅ Perform debugging procedures on database scripts and programs, as well as resolving conflicts. 
✅ Promote and adhere to best practices in securely operating, storing, backing up, and archiving data. This includes the governance, quality and strategy of standards within the team. 
✅ Oversee the administration and maintenance of database systems, including backups, restores, and disaster recovery planning. 
✅ Ensure the team follows best practices for routine maintenance tasks and database security. 
✅ Assisting architects and development teams by designing new databases(or changing existing ones) to meet the organization's application and data storage needs. 
✅ Collaborate with cross-functional teams within the CTO organization: Compliance, Security, Cloud Operations and Engineering. 
✅ Lead database-related projects from initiation to completion, ensuring milestones are met and projects align with organizational goals. 
✅ Develop project plans, allocate resources, and manage timelines effectively. 
✅ Identify opportunities for process improvements and automation in database engineering. 
✅ Stay abreast of emerging technologies and industry best practices to enhance the team's capabilities. 
 
 
This would make you the ideal candidate 
 
✨ Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. 
✨ 5+ Years of experience working as a Database Administrator. 
✨ 5+ Years of experience working with SQL coding. 
✨ 4+ Years of experience working with NoSQL Databases (Couchbase would be ideal). 
✨ 2+ Years of experience working with AWS, DynamoDB, or Document DB. 
✨ Experience working with N1ck queries (Couchbase SQL). 
✨ Experience working with SQL Server. 
✨ Heavy Admin Work. 
✨ Advanced English Level is required for this role as you will work with US clients. Effective communication in English is essential to deliver the best solutions to our clients and expand your horizons. 
 
What to expect from our hiring process 
 
1️. Let’s chat about your experience!  
2. Impress our recruiters, and you’ll move on to a technical interview with our top developers.  
3. Nail that, and you’ll meet our client - your final step to joining our amazing team! 
 
🎯 At Nearsure, we’re dedicated to solving complex business challenges through cutting-edge technology and we believe in the power of tailored solutions. Whether you are passionate about transforming businesses with Generative AI, building innovative software products, or implementing comprehensive enterprise platform solutions, we invite you to be part of our dynamic team! 

We would love to hear from you if you are eager to make an impact and join a collaborative team that values creativity and expertise.  

Let’s work together to shape the future of technology!  

🧑‍💻 Apply now!