Senior Database Engineer (PostgreSQL, Snowflake, Cloud-Hosted Database Services)
LT Harper is seeking a Senior Database Engineer to design, optimize, and maintain large-scale database environments for a global finance company. The ideal candidate has 3-5+ years of experience with PostgreSQL and Snowflake. The role is 100% remote and offers a competitive salary.
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***ONLY FOR CANDIDATES BASED IN POLAND***
Senior Database Enigneer | B2B | Poland | Remote
I'm currently looking for an experienced Senior Database Engineer ready to take on new challenges in their career!
My client is building the new operating system (O/S) for global finance. The company is growing fast, with $400B on the platform in 2025 and $1T in 2026. They are building "unified ledgers" with massive infrastructure (currently 20 million transactions per day, ready to scale up to 50 million). If you are looking for a challenging, greenfield/sandbox environment and working alongside experienced software engineers, this might be a role for you!
Details: B2B - 100% remote - 7,600$ - 7,900$ per month (international invoice, no VAT)
Senior Database Engineer - Role:
The role focuses on designing, optimising, and maintaining large-scale database environments, with particular emphasis on SQL performance tuning, indexing strategies, query optimisation, database scalability, and cost-efficiency improvements.
Senior Database Engineer - Requirements:
- 3–5+ years of hands-on PostgreSQL experience in production environments
- 3–5+ years of experience with Snowflake or equivalent data lake/warehouse technologies (e.g., Redshift, BigQuery, Databricks)
- Strong expertise in SQL query optimisation, indexing, partitioning, and execution plan analysis
- In-depth understanding of PostgreSQL internals (vacuum, checkpointing, WAL, MVCC, partitioning, etc.)
- Proficiency in database and warehouse performance tuning and cost optimisation techniques
- Experience with DevOps practices for databases, including automation, monitoring, and CI/CD integration (liquibase)
- Hands-on experience with cloud-hosted database services (AWS RDS/Aurora, Snowflake SaaS)
If you are interested in this role, please feel free to apply
Questions? Don't hesitate - ask - a.sawa@ltharper.com