Sr. Database Engineer

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Countries
USA
Job Types
software & tech
Experience
late
Organization Types
transportation & mobility
Location
AZ_Mesa_HQ
Posted Date
Company
Verra Mobility

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Job Description

As a Senior Database Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, optimizing, and maintaining the relational data platform for mobility products. This includes schema architecture, migration safety, query performance, and data durability on AWS. You will collaborate with software, platform, and DevOps engineers, as well as Product, QE, and Information Security teams to support microservices and ensure the integrity and scalability of shared data stores.

Hard Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent professional experience.
  • 6+ years of experience in database engineering, data platform engineering, or production database administration.
  • 3+ years working with PostgreSQL at production scale.
  • Deep PostgreSQL expertise: execution plan analysis, index and partitioning strategy, autovacuum and bloat management, connection pooling, and lock and deadlock diagnosis.
  • Production experience with managed cloud databases (Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL or RDS preferred).
  • Hands-on experience with schema migration tooling integrated into CI/CD.
  • Hands-on experience with zero-downtime schema change patterns.
  • Strong command of transaction semantics — isolation levels, locking, and concurrency correctness.
  • Advanced SQL proficiency.
  • Proficiency in at least one of: Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, Go, or Bash.
  • Working experience provisioning and changing database infrastructure as code.
  • Experience with database observability and diagnostic tooling.
  • Clear, concise written and verbal communication skills.

Soft Requirements

  • Experience in mobility, transportation, tolling, parking, payments, or other regulated, high-volume transaction-processing environments.
  • Experience with GraphQL data-access layers.
  • Multi-tenant data architecture at scale.
  • Experience with event streaming and change data capture.
  • Large-scale data migration from legacy platforms.
  • Exposure to compliance regimes such as SOX, SOC 2, PCI-DSS, or ISO 27001.
  • Experience with analytical and data warehouse platforms.
  • Working familiarity with Oracle or SQL Server.
  • Relevant certifications: AWS Certified Database — Specialty, AWS Solutions Architect, or a PostgreSQL certification.

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