Senior Database Engineer, PostgreSQL

November 25

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Computrition, Inc.

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As the leading provider of foodservice and healthcare software solutions, Computrition’s resonant products and services help food and nutrition professionals meet and manage the critical objectives of their operations by the efficient usage of resources, food, time and labor. Continuous product advancement is an integral aspect of Computrition’s mission in developing progressive technology that produces maximized process improvements and ensures optimal compatibility with newly emerging industry standards.

51 - 200 employees

📋 Description

• Own the database architecture for a multi-tenant SaaS • Raise the performance ceiling: index strategies, partitioning, connection pooling, query tuning, caching patterns, workload isolation • Build for reliability: set RTO/RPO targets; design backup, PITR, DR, and rollout patterns • Embed security & compliance: encryption, least-privilege access, secrets management, audit logging, PHI handling • Productionize on AWS: stand up and tune Aurora/RDS for PostgreSQL; integrate VPC, subnets, SGs, KMS, CloudWatch/CloudTrail • Level-up developer experience: define database interfaces for .NET services, enforce SQL and migration conventions • Test like you mean it: establish automated database testing, migration tests in CI, load/perf testing • Observability & SLOs: build dashboards and alerts for latency, throughput, locks, and error budgets; drive incident reviews • Partner & influence: work with architects, app engineers, QA, and security to ship features fast and safe • AI First Mentality: Use modern AI tools to draft queries/migrations/tests, explain query plans, and accelerate root-cause analysis

🎯 Requirements

• 7+ years owning PostgreSQL in production at scale for a SaaS product • Demonstrated expertise in multi-tenant design (RLS, schema or DB-per-tenant) • Proven track record of query and schema optimization, indexing, partitioning, and connection management • Hands-on experience running PostgreSQL on AWS (Aurora or RDS) and tuning for throughput & cost • Strong security mindset: access control, secrets, encryption, auditing; experience operating under compliance frameworks (HIPAA preferred, but experience within any regulated industry) • Experience enabling .NET services to use Postgres effectively (EF Core, Dapper, migrations) • Habit of building automated testing for databases and performance/load gating in CI/CD • Excellent communicator who can write clear design docs, propose standards, and influence cross-functional teams • Ability to speak up and express opinions or concerns in a positive and constructive manner • AI First Mentality on developing schema design, migration strategies and automated testing for performance.

🏖️ Benefits

• Health insurance • Professional development opportunities