Junior Database Engineer

Supply Wisdom: Junior Database Engineer 

* Position based in Bangalore, India 

Supply Wisdom is a global leader in transformative risk intelligence, offering real-time insights to enhance security and regulatory compliance. Our AI-based SaaS products cover various risk domains, including financial, cyber, operational, ESG, compliance, and geographic locations. With a diverse global workforce Supply Wisdom proudly supports clients across Fortune 100 and Global 2000 firms in sectors like financial services, insurance, healthcare, and technology.   

Objective:

Supply Wisdom is looking for a Senior Database Engineer to design and optimize scalable, secure, and high-performance data architectures. This role focuses on improving reliability, throughput, and scalability across backend systems while managing platforms like S3, PostgreSQL, and Redshift.

You will partner with DevOps/SRE teams to maintain and secure data infrastructure, handle core DBA operations (installation, upgrades, patching, backup/recovery, monitoring), and lead capacity planning, high availability, and disaster recovery initiatives.

Responsibilities 
 

• Database Support & Development: Assist in designing, implementing, and maintaining database systems with a focus on reliability, performance, and security. Collaborate with senior DB engineers and DevOps/SRE teams across AWS services (e.g., S3, PostgreSQL, Redshift). 

• Operational Support: Perform day-to-day DBA tasks such as database provisioning, monitoring, backups, and basic patching. Support upgrade activities and assist in backup/recovery operations. 

• Performance Monitoring & Tuning: Help monitor database performance and identify slow queries or bottlenecks. Assist in basic query optimization, indexing, and performance tuning under guidance.  

• Change Management Assistance: Support database change requests by validating scripts, documenting changes, and ensuring adherence to established standards and processes.  

• Data Engineering Support: Assist in maintaining data pipelines and writing scripts for data migration and transformation. Contribute to schema updates and automation tasks using tools like Django ORM or similar.  

• Documentation & Observability: Maintain clear documentation of database systems, processes, and changes. Help implement basic monitoring and alerting for database health.  

• Cloud & Infrastructure Support: Assist with managing and maintaining database environments in AWS, including RDS/Aurora and related services. 

Requirements 

• 1-2 years of experience in database engineering, software engineering, or a related field (internships/projects acceptable).  

• Basic understanding of PostgreSQL (or similar relational databases), including writing SQL queries and understanding schema design.  

• Familiarity with AWS concepts and services such as RDS, EC2, or S3 (hands-on experience is a plus).  

• Working knowledge of Linux systems, including basic commands and scripting.  

• Basic proficiency in Python or a similar programming language; exposure to ORMs (e.g., Django ORM) is a plus.  

• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills with attention to detail.  

• Eagerness to learn database technologies, performance tuning, and cloud infrastructure.  

• Ability to work in a team environment and communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders. 

• Good time management skills and ability to track tasks and follow through on assignments. 

What we offer: 

• Competitive salary and benefits. 

• Flexible working hours and unlimited annual leave. 

• Professional development support. 

• We also offer a vibrant work environment, a global team filled with passionate and fun-loving people coming from diverse cultures and backgrounds. 

If you are looking to make an impact in delivering market-leading risk management solutions, empowering our clients, and making the world a better place, then Supply Wisdom is the place for you. You can learn more at supplywisdom.com and on LinkedIn.