The Role
Manage and optimize high-volume PostgreSQL databases across self-managed and cloud environments: performance tuning, replication/HA, backups, sharding/partitioning, schema migrations (Alembic), and production troubleshooting.
Summary Generated by Built In
Be at the Forefront of the Agentic AI Revolution
At Skan AI, we are pioneering the context engine for human and agentic execution, bringing context from enterprise operators, systems, and processes to power how the world's largest organizations execute their most complex, mission-critical work.
Why Skan AI
We're in hyper-growth mode at exactly the right moment in history. As enterprises race to adopt agentic AI, we're uniquely positioned to deliver the clear signal they desperately need: a platform that trains and grounds AI Agents in trillions of real execution signals, enabling reliable, compliant automation of their most complex processes.
Backed by Dell Technologies Capital and other leading investors, we're the only company that can bridge the gap between AI's promise and enterprise reality, making us perfectly positioned to define the agentic era for modern enterprises.
Our diverse, collaborative team of 250+ innovators is solving category-defining challenges at the intersection of AI, process intelligence, and enterprise work. Diverse perspectives fuel breakthrough thinking, cross-functional collaboration is the norm, and our work directly transforms how Fortune 500 companies operate. We are shaping the future of work itself.
Role Summary
We are looking for an experienced PostgreSQL DBA to manage and optimise highly loaded PostgreSQL databases handling large volumes of data. The role involves ensuring database performance, availability, scalability, and reliability across self-managed and cloud environments.
Key Responsibilities
- Administer, maintain, and upgrade PostgreSQL databases across environments
- Manage high-volume and high-traffic databases with large datasets
- Monitor and optimise performance, queries, indexing, vacuum, and auto vacuum
- Define and manage connection thresholds and pooling.
- Implement and manage backup, restore, and disaster recovery strategies
- Design and support replication, read replicas, and high-availability setups
- Understand and apply sharding and partitioning strategies when required
- Manage schema migrations using Alembic
- Understand and evaluate Liquibase vs Alembic usage
- Support PostgreSQL in self-managed (on-prem) and cloud environments
- Good troubleshooting skills.
- Helps in design schema and make sure things are in order.
Required Skills
- 5–10 years of hands-on PostgreSQL administration experience
- Hands-on experience with modern data warehousing tools (e.g., Snowflake, Amazon Redshift, Google BigQuery, or similar platforms).
- Experience with large-scale, heavily loaded PostgreSQL databases
- Strong knowledge of backup & recovery, replication & HA, performance tuning, and connection management
- Hands-on experience with Alembic
- Working knowledge of Liquibase
- Experience with Linux-based systems
Nice to Have
- Experience with cloud-managed PostgreSQL (Azure / GCP)
- Familiarity with monitoring and alerting tools
- Basic scripting skills (Python / Shell)
Soft Skills
- Strong troubleshooting and ownership mindset
- Ability to handle production issues
- Clear communication with engineering teams
This is a hybrid role based in Bangalore, with an expectation to work from the office three days a week.
Skills Required
- 5-10 years hands-on PostgreSQL administration experience
- Hands-on experience with modern data warehousing tools (Snowflake, Amazon Redshift, Google BigQuery or similar)
- Experience with large-scale, heavily loaded PostgreSQL databases
- Strong knowledge of backup & recovery, replication & HA, performance tuning, and connection management
- Hands-on experience with Alembic and managing schema migrations
- Working knowledge of Liquibase
- Experience with Linux-based systems
- Strong troubleshooting skills and ability to handle production issues
- Clear communication with engineering teams
- Experience with cloud-managed PostgreSQL (Azure / GCP)
- Familiarity with monitoring and alerting tools
- Basic scripting skills (Python / Shell)
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The Company
What We Do
Skan AI is an enterprise AI company that provides a process intelligence and automation platform. By observing how work actually happens, Skan creates a 'Context Graph of Work' and digital twins of operations. This allows Fortune 500 companies to understand the telemetry of their digital operations, enabling confident automation and lasting transformation through AI agents trained on operational reality.
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