PostgreSQL DBA

Job Description

DescriptionStarling is the UKs first and leading digital bank on a mission to fix banking! Our vision is fast technology, fair service, and honest values. All at the tap of a phone, all the time. We are about giving customers a new way to spend, save and manage their money while taking better care of the planet which has seen us become a multi-award winning bank that now employs over 2300 across five offices in London, Cardiff, Dublin, Southampton,and soon to be Manchester. Our journey started in 2014, and since then we have surpassed three million accounts (and four account types!) with 350,000 business customers. We are a fully licensed UK bank but at the heart, we are a tech first company, enablingour platform to deliver brilliant products. Our technologists are at the very heart of Starling and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment that is all about building things, creating new stuff, and disruptive technology that keeps us on the cutting edge of fintech. We operate a flat structure to empoweryou to make decisions regardless of what your primary responsibilities may be, innovation and collaboration will be at the core of everything you do. Help is never far away in our open culture, you will find support in your team and from across the business,we are in this together! The way to thrive and shine within Starling is to be a self-driven individual and be able to take full ownership of everything around you: From building things, designing, discovering, to sharing knowledge with your colleagues and making sure all processesare efficient and productive to deliver the best possible results for our customers. Our purpose is underpinned by five Starling values: Listen, Keep It Simple, Do The Right Thing, Own It, and Aim For Greatness. Hybrid WorkingWe have a Hybrid approach to working here at Starling - our preference is that youre located within a commutable distance of one of our offices so that were able to interact and collaborate in person. We dont like to mandate how much you visit the officeand work from home, thats to be agreed upon between you and your manager. About the Role:Working within our engineering team, you will be responsible for configuring, monitoring and improving our PostgreSQL databases. This will include:

• Working with our teams to understand their database needs and make adjustments
• Monitoring and optimising the performance of databases
• Query analysis to understand how our databases are being used
• Allocating for systems requirements and planning future needs
• Managing and monitoring on data replication

RequirementsThe ideal candidate will have experience in the following:

• Experience of working with databases, preferably Postgres.
• Ability to communicate at all levels of the business to understand the users needs
• Strong ability to solve complex technical problems

Desirable:

• Genuine desire to work with Postgres in an administrative capacity.
• Experience working in cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Experience with programming languages such as Java, Python
• Knowledge of Terraform, docker, or Kubernetes

Benefits

• 25 days holiday (plus public holidays)
• An extra days holiday for your birthday, taken a week on either side of the day
• 16 hours paid volunteering time a year
• Part-time and/or flexible hours available for most roles
• Hybrid/remote working
• Private Medical Insurance with VitalityHealth including mental health support and cancer care. Partner benefits include discounts with Waitrose, Mr&Mrs Smith and Peloton
• Generous family-friendly policies
• Enhanced sick pay
• Contributory pension scheme
• Varied social groups set up and run by our employees
• Perkbox membership giving access to retail discounts, a cashback scheme, a wellness platform for physical and mental health, a birthday box and weekly free coffee
• Access to salary sacrifice benefits such as Cycle to Work scheme

Full details are available on our careers site About Us: Starling is a leading digital bank on a mission to disrupt the banking industry. Since our launch in 2014, weve surpassed 2 million accounts, including over 350,000 business accounts. Our total deposits, meanwhile, have topped £5 billion and we have lent over £2bn over the same period. Were a fully licensed UK bank, and we have the cultureand spirit of a fast-moving, disruptive technology company. Weve won the Best British Bank award four years running, and now employ over 1500 people across our London, Southampton, Cardiff & Dublin offices. Starling Bank is an equal opportunity employer, and were proud of our ongoing efforts to foster diversity & inclusion in the workplace. Individuals seeking employment at Starling Bank are considered without regard to race, religion, national origin, age, sex,gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition, ancestry, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. By submitting your application, you agree that Starling Bank may collect your personal data for recruiting and related purposes. Our Privacy Notice explains what personal information we may process, where we may process your personal information, its purposesfor processing your personal information, and the rights you can exercise over our use of your personal information.