Swiss Re

Senior Database Engineer

Swiss Re

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: BratislavaSlovakia

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Salary

💰 €3,800 - €6,300 per month

Job Level

About the role

  • Take technical ownership of enterprise and mission-critical database platforms
  • Influence architecture, HA/DR strategies, and operational standards
  • Act as a technical point of contact for complex database topics and escalations
  • Support and guide other engineers through technical challenges
  • Work closely with international and geographically distributed teams
  • Share knowledge, ideas, and best practices across the team
  • Maintain a strong customer orientation and understanding of business requirements
  • Proactively identify risks, issues, and opportunities during backlog refinement
  • Coordinate with your team to support hybrid working arrangements
  • Operate with integrity and strong ethical standards

Requirements

  • Experience designing and operating complex database environments in cloud or private cloud settings, preferably on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
  • Strong understanding of Oracle databases in RAC environments, preferably on Exadata
  • Good understanding of PostgreSQL database internals
  • Deep understanding of SQL performance tuning and optimization in Oracle and PostgreSQL
  • Experience supporting mission-critical database platforms, including high availability, replication, backup and recovery, and operational readiness
  • Experience with scripting and automation (Shell/Bash, PL/SQL, Python)
  • Experience taking technical ownership of database platforms, including design decisions, operational trade-offs, and long-term sustainability
  • Experience developing automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for database platforms
  • Strong attention to detail, quality-oriented mindset, and solution-focused approach
  • Hands-on attitude with a willingness to continuously learn and improve
  • Proficiency in English, both written and spoken.
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Hard Skills & Tools
Oracle Cloud InfrastructureOracle databasesPostgreSQLSQL performance tuningbackup and recoveryscriptingautomationInfrastructure as CodePL/SQLPython
Soft Skills
customer orientationattention to detailquality-oriented mindsetsolution-focused approachwillingness to learnintegrityethical standardsteam collaborationknowledge sharingrisk identification