Senior Database Developer - MongoDB
- NS, Canada
- Nova Scotia, Canada, Canada
Full-time
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- Job type
- Full-time
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
About The Role
We are seeking for a Senior Database Developer with strong expertise in MongoDB and working knowledge of MySQL/Aurora on AWS. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience designing, optimizing, and scaling databases, while collaborating closely with development teams and DBAs to ensure high availability, performance, and reliability.
This is a great opportunity for a mid-level developer who wants to expand their cloud and database expertise while contributing to mission-critical systems.
Key Responsibilities
We are seeking for a Senior Database Developer with strong expertise in MongoDB and working knowledge of MySQL/Aurora on AWS. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience designing, optimizing, and scaling databases, while collaborating closely with development teams and DBAs to ensure high availability, performance, and reliability.
This is a great opportunity for a mid-level developer who wants to expand their cloud and database expertise while contributing to mission-critical systems.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and implement high-performance MongoDB solutions for demanding workloads.
- Manage and optimize AWS RDS (MySQL/Aurora) instances, ensuring security, scalability, and cost efficiency.
- Support database deployments and orchestration with EKS (Kubernetes).
- Collaborate with developers to design efficient data models, queries, and indexing strategies.
- Manage database schema versioning and scripts with GitHub and Flyway.
- Monitor and tune performance using native tools, AWS CloudWatch, Datadog, and proactively address bottlenecks.
- Ensure data integrity, security, compliance, and disaster recovery readiness.
- Support migrations and interoperability across different RDBMS platforms.
- 5+ years of experience with MongoDB (architecture, development , optimization, and operations).
- 4+ years of experience with MySQL Development and administration.
- Hands-on AWS experience with RDS and/or Aurora.
- Familiarity with Kubernetes (EKS) and containerized deployments.
- Experience with GitHub-based version control and CI/CD workflows.
- Strong skills in database performance tuning, troubleshooting, and query optimization.
- Understanding of the software development life cycle (SDLC).
- Strong communication and collaboration skills in cross-functional environments.
- Knowledge of database security, disaster recovery, and data migration practices.
- Exposure to Infrastructure-as-Code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation).
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines for database changes.
- Exposure to monitoring, automation, and container orchestration tools (Kubernetes, Docker).
- Familiarity with additional AWS services (e.g., Lambda, CloudWatch, IAM).
- A people-first culture that emphasizes growth, learning, and engineering excellence.
- Opportunities to influence database and platform design decisions.
- A collaborative and supportive environment with strong cross-team partnerships.
- The chance to make a tangible impact on products that directly affect customers worldwide.
More about this job
Responsibilities
Design and implement high-performance MongoDB and AWS RDS solutions while ensuring scalability and reliability. Collaborate with developers to optimize data models and manage database deployments using EKS and GitHub.
Requirements
Requires over 5 years of experience with MongoDB and 4+ years with MySQL, including hands-on AWS RDS/Aurora expertise. Candidates should be proficient in Kubernetes, CI/CD workflows, and database performance tuning.
Skills
- MongoDB
- MySQL
- AWS Aurora
- AWS RDS
- Kubernetes
- EKS
- GitHub
- Flyway
- Performance Tuning
- Query Optimization
- Data Modeling
- CI/CD
- Database Security
- Disaster Recovery
- Data Migration
- SDLC
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- Data & Analytics
- Software
- Technology
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- Consulting
Keywords
- MongoDB
- MySQL
- AWS Aurora
- AWS RDS
- Kubernetes
- EKS
- GitHub
- Flyway
- CloudWatch
- Datadog
- Terraform
- CloudFormation
- Docker
- AWS Lambda
- IAM
- Database Administration
- NoSQL
- RDBMS
- Data Modeling
- Indexing
- Schema Versioning
- CI/CD
- SDLC
- Disaster Recovery
- Data Integrity
- Performance Tuning
- Software Development
- IT Services
- Medical Equipment Manufacturing
- Cloud Computing