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Our success is anchored in our trusted digital platforms that engage physician communities globally, facilitating impactful medical education, precise job placement, and insightful market research. M3 USA prides itself on a dynamic and innovative work environment where every team member contributes to global health advancements.
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Due to our continued growth, we are hiring for a Senior Data Engineer (PostgreSQL DBA) at M3 Global Research, an M3 company.
About the Business Unit:
M3 Global Research, part of M3 Inc., provides the most comprehensive and highest quality market research recruitment and support services available to the industry with relationships reaching respondents in more than 70 countries worldwide.
M3 Global Research maintains ISO 20252 and 27001 certifications with the highest quality data collection and project management capabilities that cover the spectrum of quantitative and qualitative techniques utilized today. M3 services incorporate all of the most advanced statistical and attitudinal methodologies allowing clients to provide world-class offerings and support services to their end-client customers throughout multiple industry sectors.
Job DescriptionM3 Global Research, an M3 company, is seeking a Senior Data Engineer with PostgreSQL DBA expertise to join our data engineering team. This role will primarily focus on database administration (DBA) tasks such as optimization, performance tuning, and security.
The ideal candidate will have strong PostgreSQL database administration expertise. They will be responsible for understanding business needs, prioritizing work, leading daily standups, and effectively communicating technical solutions to stakeholders. While direct Power BI development is not required, the candidate should be able to guide and support the team’s work and ensure alignment with business objectives.
Primary DBA Responsibilities:
- Manage and optimize databases (PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Oracle) for performance, security, and availability.
- Design and maintain database schemas, indexes, and partitions to support scalability and efficiency.
- Perform database monitoring, backup, recovery, and disaster recovery planning.
- Implement security best practices, including access control, encryption, and auditing.
- Troubleshoot database performance issues and optimize query performance.
- Ensure compliance with data governance, security policies, and industry standards.
Team Responsibilities:
- Participate daily standups, prioritize tasks, and ensure you are aligned with business needs.
- Translate business requirements into actionable data engineering tasks.
- Work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure that Power BI and data solutions meet business objectives.
- Mentor team members and drive best practices in data management and reporting.
Competencies:
- Strong PostgreSQL database administration expertise (performance tuning, security, backup/recovery).
- Excellent communication and leadership skills to work with both technical and non-technical teams.
- Ability to prioritize and manage a team’s workload while driving business objectives.
- Problem-solving mindset with a strong attention to detail.
AI and Automation Expectations
- Strong hands-on experience with modern AI models and developer tooling to improve software delivery speed and quality.
- Ability to use AI effectively for PostgreSQL performance tuning, database reliability validation, migration planning, and operational runbook automation.
- Experience applying AI to testing workflows, including test scenario generation, regression coverage expansion, and edge-case identification.
- Proven ability to create practical automation that reduces manual effort while maintaining quality, security, and auditability.
- Comfortable evaluating AI output quality, selecting the right model/tool for the task, and using secure patterns for sensitive data.
- Track record of measurable efficiency gains (faster cycle times, improved stability, reduced operational toil, or better delivery predictability).
- We are currently targeting candidates located in Brazil who are willing to work US EST hours
- We kindly ask that you submit your resume in English
*M3 reserves the right to change this job description to meet the business needs of the organization
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Skills Required
- Strong PostgreSQL database administration expertise, including performance tuning, security, backup, and recovery
- Experience managing and optimizing PostgreSQL, SQL Server, and Oracle databases
- Experience designing and maintaining database schemas, indexes, and partitions
- Experience with database monitoring, disaster recovery planning, access control, encryption, and auditing
- Understanding of data governance, security policies, and industry standards
- Excellent communication and leadership skills with technical and non-technical teams
- Ability to prioritize and manage team workload while driving business objectives
- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
- Hands-on experience with modern AI models and developer tooling
- Ability to apply AI to PostgreSQL tuning, reliability validation, migration planning, runbook automation, and testing workflows
- Experience creating practical automation with quality, security, and auditability
- Experience evaluating AI output quality and selecting appropriate models or tools
- Track record of measurable efficiency gains
- Willingness to work US Eastern Time hours while located in Brazil
- Resume submitted in English
What We Do
M3 USA believes in growth, for our company and for the people who drive it's success. Founded with the goal of changing the world of medicine by leveraging the power of the internet, the M3 Group, of which M3 USA is a part, provides comprehensive, leading edge, digital services to the healthcare and life science industries. We reach over 2.5 million doctors through our physician websites across the US, Asia, and Europe. M3 offers a variety of proven ways to engage physicians and get important clinical and marketing messages to valued, targeted audiences. Our live programs are delivered by clinical educators who are credentialed healthcare professionals. They provide strategic solutions to address the gaps that occur in clinical practice in the management of chronic diseases while also improving access for sales representatives. Those solutions include disease state knowledge, appropriate patient diagnosis, adherence, best practices, treatment to guidelines and REMS programs. Our digital health information services that include: the most up-to-date daily, indexed clinical information/news; medical education; market research; ethical drug promotion; clinical development; job recruitment and clinic appointment services. M3 Inc. is a publicly traded company on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and is a global leader in digital solutions in healthcare and has acquired dozens of companies across the globe. M3 Inc has had consistent growth since inception in 2000, with over 500 million dollars in revenue. Our great success is due to the skills and the high performance of our people, and has helped us attract some of the world’s leading talent from the most respected universities and Fortune 100 companies.
