Senior Database Administrator (DBA)

Role overview This senior remote role sits on the engineering team of a payments infrastructure company focused on Latin America. The position owns the reliability, performance, and scalability of production database systems, while sharing after-hours deployment support with the existing DBA and engineering leadership.

Responsibilities - Own performance, availability, and scalability of production databases running PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MongoDB - Design, implement, and maintain backup, replication, and disaster recovery strategies - Lead database deployments, migrations, and schema changes with minimal downtime - Provide after-hours and on-call support for critical deployments, sharing coverage across the team - Monitor database health and proactively resolve performance bottlenecks - Partner with Engineering to design scalable data architectures for new features - Establish and enforce best practices for security, access control, and data governance - Document database processes and mentor other engineers on database best practices

Requirements - 5+ years of experience as a Database Administrator or in a similar senior data infrastructure role - Strong hands-on expertise with PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MongoDB in production environments - Solid experience with backup and disaster recovery strategies, replication, and high-availability setups - Experience supporting production deployments, including after-hours or on-call rotations - Comfort working independently in a remote, distributed team spanning multiple timezones - Strong troubleshooting and performance-tuning skills under pressure - Fluent in both English and Spanish, written and spoken - Based in Mexico, Europe, or a similar timezone that complements a Bogota-based team - Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate cross-functionally with Engineering

Benefits and work setup Fully remote role within a passionate, fast-moving team building payments infrastructure for Latin America. The organization values ownership, technical excellence, and clear communication across its distributed team. The listed compensation range for this position is $3,000 to $4,500 per month.