
Senior Database Engineer
Swiss Re
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Bratislava • Slovakia
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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