Senior PostgreSQL Database Administrator / Database Engineer
tastytrade · Chicago, Illinois
Posted 19 days ago · $150,000-$180,000
or apply directly on tastytrade's site. We never take the application ourselves.
Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 19 days tastytrade's roles stay open a median of 24 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- Yes 94% of tastytrade's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at tastytrade
- moderate 3 stale, 1 reposted of 18 open
- Hiring momentum
- 30 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from tastytrade's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for tastytrade.
About this role
In this role, you will be responsible for managing the health and performance of high-throughput PostgreSQL clusters, both on-premises and in Amazon RDS. Your day-to-day tasks will include query plan analysis, index tuning, backup and recovery management, and working closely with application teams to optimize database interactions. You will also participate in incident response, documentation, and disaster recovery planning, ensuring the database systems are robust and well-maintained.
- benefits
- 5/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 5/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of tastytrade as an employer.
What you need
- Deep PostgreSQL expertise with query planner
- Hands-on indexing strategy experience across various index types
- Production experience with Patroni-managed clusters
- Proven ownership of a backup and restore program
- Experience operating Postgres at scale in self-managed and managed environments
- Strong Linux fundamentals
Nice to have
- Experience with connection poolers (PgBouncer) at scale
- Infrastructure-as-code and configuration management experience
- Kubernetes-hosted Postgres operators
- Active-active multi-site architecture experience
- Experience with logical replication-based zero-downtime migrations
What you get
- Performance Bonuses
- Stock Purchase Options
- Medical/Vision/Dental Benefits
- 401k Plan
- 20 Paid Vacation Days
- 10 Paid Sick Days
Worth weighing
- Hybrid work model may not suit everyone
- No specific mention of team size or structure
- Role emphasizes hands-on work, which may not appeal to those preferring strategic positions
Summarised from tastytrade's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by tastytrade on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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