PeopleGrove - Principal Database Engineer

Principal Database Engineer

Location : Mumbai Metropolitan Region

Department : Engineering

Employment Type : Full Time (Remote)

We are seeking a Principal Database Engineer to lead the design, optimization, and reliability of our database systems. This role blends architectural strategy with hands-on performance engineering : you will design scalable database solutions, enforce best practices, and proactively ensure our production systems remain fast, resilient, and secure.

You will be the organizations database thought leader setting the blueprint for data architecture, while also digging deep into query plans, slow queries, and indexing strategies to keep our applications running at peak performance.

Key Responsibilities Database Architecture & Design

• Architect scalable and efficient database solutions aligned with application and business needs.
• Design schemas, data models, indexing, and partitioning strategies to support growth and performance.
• Evaluate and recommend database technologies and patterns for long-term scalability.

Performance & Optimization

Collaboration & Guidance

Reliability, Security & Maintenance

Core Technologies

Required Qualifications

Preferred Qualification

Benefits

At PeopleGrove, we dont just accept difference we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products, and our community. PeopleGrove is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

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Skills Required

BigQuery, snowflake , Mysql, Database Security, Elasticsearch, Postgresql, Disaster Recovery, Mongodb