Subject: DBA Team Lead job posting (Dubai)

From: Palina Hukava <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2023 16:19:06 +0300

Hi Everyone!

Deriv.com is expanding and we are looking for a PostgreSQL Team Lead to join our team in Dubai (a full-time onsite opportunity; relocation is discussed individually)!  

Deriv Group is one of the largest brokers in the world, with over 1,200 team members and 20 global offices. In a journey spanning more than 22 years, we have designed and implemented proprietary trading products and services, growing our markets to over 2.5 million customers worldwide. Our mission has remained the same throughout: to make trading accessible to anyone, anywhere.

Your role

As a Database Team Lead at Deriv, you will coordinate the activities of our Database team to plan, install, and maintain our database systems. You will use your extensive experience to ensure that our Postgres databases are scalable, hackproof, properly backed-up, and redundant in case of failure. In collaboration with your team, you will guarantee the security, integrity, and seamless flow of information for our high-traffic online trading platform. 

Your challenges 

●  The role is hands-on, technically challenging and fast paced

●  The role requires close collaboration with the VP and the Principal Engineer for Storage to align with strategic goals

●  You will plan and prioritize work to be progressed by the team

●  You will nurture and grow a team with wide ranging abilities - from junior to expert level

●  You will continually monitor and review the storage landscape, and look for ways to innovate and refine to meet ever-increasing volume, performance, security and availability challenges

●  The role requires multi-site collaboration over different time zones

What you have

●  8+ years of related, recent, experience

●  3-5 years of experience leading a team

●  Strong recent hands on software development and code review skills with PostgreSQL

●  Strong hands on system administration using Linux on AWS/GCP

●  Experience working with large, distributed, high-performance, high availability databases with 24/7 uptime

●  Excellent spoken and written English communication skills

●  A university degree in software engineering, computer science, or a related field

●  Occasional travel between office locations across the Globe

●  A desire to continue to learn and keep up to date with the Postgres & Linux communities and best practices

What’s Good To Have

●  Work experience in the fintech and/or trading industries advantageous

●  Experience with Kubernetes, Terraform and database as a service advantageous

●  Experience with database CI/CD tools and implementation advantageous

●  Experience with Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL databases and Redis advantageous

What we’ll give you

●  Market-based salary

●  Annual performance bonus

●  Medical insurance

●  Housing and transportation allowance

●  Casual dress code

●  A chance to work with top talent from across the globe (70+ nationalities)

●  Ample team-building and bonding activities

●  Great overseas travel opportunities

Interested? 

Feel free to send your CV to mailto:[email-masked] 

or apply directly via the link:https://deriv.zohorecruit.eu/jobs/Careers/47807000035320148/PostgreSQL-Database-Team-Lead?source=PostgresCommunity

Here you can find more information about us: 

https://deriv.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/derivdotcom/

Looking forward to your CVs!

  Palina Hukava  |  Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist  
   E   mailto:[email-masked]  |  M   +375 44 722 38 59
   https://deriv.com/