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    Database Engineer - Digital Asset FinTech

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    Database Engineer - Digital Asset FinTech

    We are excited to be partnered with an FCA regulated, Digital Asset, FinTech. Due to growth and expansion, the organisation is seeking a Database Engineer to join the Engineering team in London and use their expertise in Postgres to tackle challenging database problems - a fluid function this team is responsible for the design, development, and maintenance of their open-source relational database management system.

    The company offers a SaaS platform providing Institutional Investors with the tools and technologies to access leading digital assets markets and liquidity venues. Their product/platform offering spans the entire trading lifecycle, including, pre-trade, execution, and post-trade capabilities.

    The firm has closed a Series A funding ($70 million), and has significant customer uptake, so are in a great position from a market perspective.

    As a Database Engineer, you will work collaboratively with a team of engineers to develop the functionality of their risk & trading platform and provide support for database programming and optimization, working on high throughput transactional databases and writing PL/pgSQL procedures and functions. In addition, this person will also engineer, monitor, and support all production system components on managed Postgres.

    It would be great if you had:

    • Strong Postgres Experience with further experience in another database (Oracle, SQL Server, Sybase).
    • Experience in creating scripts and automation mindset.
    • Experience with OOP and coding skills (Go, Python, Java)
    • Experience with managed Postgres providers
    • Strong knowledge of database indexes.
    • Writing unit tests
    • A passion for providing high-quality results in a fast-paced environment.

    If you are looking to join a rapidly scaling FinTech with a strong market presence and working with a modern technology stack, then please apply below.

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