PostgreSQL DBA

Description

About Velotio :

Velotio Technologies is a product engineering company working with innovative startups and enterprises. We have provided full-stack product development for 110+ startups across the globe building products in the cloud-native, data engineering, B2B SaaS, IoT & Machine Learning space. Our team of 400+ elite software engineers solve hard technical problems while transforming customer ideas into successful products.

About the Role

We are looking for a motivated PostgreSQL DBA to support our database operations team. This role is ideal for candidates with foundational DBA experience who want to deepen their PostgreSQL expertise in a production environment. The Junior DBA will focus on day-to-day database health, backups, monitoring, and assisting with performance troubleshooting under senior guidance.

Requirements

• Monitor PostgreSQL instances for health, availability, and performance.
• Execute backups, restores, and routine maintenance tasks.
• Apply patches and updates with minimal downtime under supervision.
• Assist in schema changes, index creation, and query tuning.
• Participate in incident response and troubleshoot common database issues.
• Implement and maintain user access and permission management.
• Document processes, runbooks, and database changes.
• Collaborate with senior DBAs, DevOps, and application teams.

Desired Skills & Experience:

• 2–3 years of DBA experience (with direct PostgreSQL exposure preferred).
• Good understanding of SQL and relational database fundamentals.
• Familiarity with Linux OS and command-line tools.
• Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL utilities (pgdump, pgrestore, pg_basebackup).
• Exposure to monitoring tools and basic performance troubleshooting.
• Eagerness to learn PostgreSQL internals and advanced features.
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Team player with good communication skills.

Benefits

Our Culture:

• We have an autonomous and empowered work culture encouraging individuals to take ownership and grow quickly.
• Flat hierarchy with fast decision making and a startup-oriented “get things done” culture.
• A strong, fun & positive environment with regular celebrations of our success. We pride ourselves in creating an inclusive, diverse & authentic environment.

We want to hire smart, curious and ambitious folks so please reach out even if you do not have all of the requisite experience. We are looking for engineers with the potential to grow!

At Velotio, we embrace diversity. Inclusion is a priority for us, and we are eager to foster an environment where everyone feels valued. We welcome applications regardless of ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, disability or sexual orientation.