Database Platform Engineer Bucharest

Database Platform Engineer
Bucureşti
Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

Yopeso has been developing a diverse range of software products, from
- scale applications to smaller solutions, for 20 years. With a growing team of over 300 employees across five locations, we are dedicated to fostering a culture of growth, transparency, and professionalism.

At Yopeso, we value authenticity, curiosity, and ambition. These values drive us to build strong connections within our community and with our partners, ensuring trust, integrity, and transparency in all our business practices. We strive to maintain the highest professional standards and continuously challenge ourselves to develop
- quality,
- performance, and secure software solutions.

Our approach is rooted in efficient collaboration among passionate professionals working in agile teams. Guided by curiosity and ambition, we strive to create products that are meaningful and impactful, while remaining true to our authentic selves.

What we offer:

• Competitive remuneration
• Remote work
• 24 days off per year and floating days
• Private clinic health services Regina Maria Medical Insurance
• Flexible benefits through Up multibenefits platform
• Referral bonus scheme
• Team events, online or at the office
• Training and development opportunities with allocated budget
• Professional Certifications
• Knowledge sharing context

About the Role

We are looking for a skilled Database Administrator (DBA) with
- on experience in Postgre
SQL administration to join our team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for maintaining the performance, integrity, and security of
- scale databases, supporting
- critical systems, and collaborating with
- functional teams to deliver reliable data solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform database monitoring, performance tuning, and optimization of Postgre
  SQL databases.
• Execute version upgrades, patching, and schema changes.
• Manage data migrations across environments and ensure data consistency.
• Work with large datasets (terabytes of data) and optimize for high availability and scalability.
• Ensure database security, backup, and recovery processes are in place and reliable.
• Collaborate with application and infrastructure teams to support business requirements.
• Automate routine database administration tasks where possible.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Proven experience in Postgre
  SQL administration (installation, configuration, tuning, and troubleshooting).
• Solid knowledge of backup and recovery, replication, and disaster recovery planning.
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform.
• Experience with AWS database services (RDS, Aurora).
• Scripting experience (e. g. , Python, Bash) for automation.

Nice to Have

• Exposure to database monitoring tools (e. g. , Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog)
• Strong understanding of database performance optimization and query tuning.
• Experience managing large-scale databases with high transaction volumes.