PostgreSQL Database Engineer
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Guidepoint · Pune, IndiaPrepare for this interview
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About the role
Guidepoint is an enterprise software organization embarking on a modernization strategy from a legacy monolith to a cloud-native, Kubernetes-based environment. With multiple product and platform teams delivering reusable services across the enterprise, We are seeking a highly experienced PostgreSQL Database Administrator and Architect to design, operate, and evolve PostgreSQL platforms that support cloud-native, microservices-based applications. This role is critical to ensuring our data layer is scalable, resilient, secure, and aligned with Kubernetes-driven architectures. You will work closely with platform engineering, DevOps, SRE, and application teams to design PostgreSQL architectures that seamlessly support containerized workloads, distributed systems, and high-throughput microservices. This is a hands-on leadership role requiring deep PostgreSQL expertise combined with modern cloud and Kubernetes experience. This role is essential for driving modernization, reducing duplication, accelerating delivery, and building a cohesive, future-ready enterprise architecture. This position is a hybrid/Remote out of our Pune office.
Responsibilities
- Design, deploy, and operate PostgreSQL platforms for microservices in Kubernetes environments, ensuring scalability and resilience
- Architect and manage Azure PostgreSQL (Flexible Server & Hyperscale/Citus) for high availability, disaster recovery, and global scale
- Lead performance tuning, troubleshooting, and capacity planning across database and infrastructure layers
- Drive cloud migration and modernization from legacy/on-prem systems to cloud-native PostgreSQL
- Partner with engineering teams to enable CI/CD, automation, and zero-downtime deployments
- Implement security, compliance, backup, and disaster recovery strategies
- Define database design patterns for microservices, including distributed and event-driven architectures
- Build automation using IaC tools (Terraform, Bicep) and scripting (Python, Bash, PowerShell)
- Establish monitoring/observability, define best practices, and mentor teams as a senior technical leader
- Required Technical Qualifications:
- 8+ years in software architecture, cloud engineering, or platform engineering.
- Strong expertise in:
- Domain-driven design (DDD) and domain decomposition
- Cloud-native design principles and modernization strategies
- Event-driven design, messaging platforms (Kafka, Azure Service Bus)
- Cloud-native patterns such as CQRS, Saga, Event Sourcing, Circuit Breakers
- Demonstrated proficiency in programming languages with the ability to assess current application structures and determine appropriate modernization approaches.
- Experience with authentication and identity, including Auth0, OIDC, OAuth2, and SSO.
- Experience in API architecture, including REST, GraphQL, and gateways, is required.
- Experience using AI-powered tooling to support PostgreSQL administration, troubleshooting, and operational efficiency.
- Desired Technical Qualifications:
- Kubernetes, Containers, service mesh, ingress/egress patterns
- Microservices and distributed systems
- Ci/CD pipelines, Helm charts, GitOps and modern DevOps tooling
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