Database Engineer – DBA Lead
About Us:
Paytm is India’s leading digital payments and financial services company, which is focused on driving consumers and merchants to its platform by offering them a variety of payment use cases Paytm provides consumers with services like utility payments and money transfers, while empowering them to pay via Paytm Payment Instruments (PPI) like Paytm Wallet, Paytm UPI, Paytm Payments Bank Netbanking, Paytm FASTag and Paytm Postpaid - Buy Now, Pay Later To merchants, Paytm offers acquiring devices like Soundbox, EDC, QR and Payment Gateway where payment aggregation is done through PPI and also other banks’ financial instruments To further enhance merchants’ business, Paytm offers merchants commerce services through advertising and Paytm Mini app store Operating on this platform leverage, the company then offers credit services such as merchant loans, personal loans and BNPL, sourced by its financial partners
About the Role
We are seeking a highly skilled NoSQL Engineer with expertise in Cassandra to join our engineering team. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of database architecture and a proven track record of designing and implementing high-performance NoSQL solutions.
Key Responsibilities:
Design, implement and maintain large-scale Cassandra databases to support high availability, scalability and performance
Collaborate with cross functional teams to design and implement data models that meet business requirements
Ensure optimal performance and reliability
Analyze, troubleshoot and resolve database-related issues
Plan and execute database migrations, upgrades and scaling activities
Monitor database performance and capacity utilization, and recommend optimizations as needed
Work closely with development teams to integrate Cassandra solutions into applications and provide database support
Collaborate with security teams to ensure data protection and compliance requirements are met
Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field
At least 5 years of experience with Cassandra database administration and Overall minimum 7 years of experience
Strong understanding of Cassandra data modeling, tuning and performance optimization
Experience with Cassandra clustering, backup and recovery
Knowledge of Linux operating system and shell scripting
Familiarity with Java, Python or other programming languages
Excellent problem solving, debugging and troubleshooting skills
Why join us
· A collaborative output driven program that brings cohesiveness across businesses through technology
· Improve the average revenue per use by increasing the cross-sell opportunities
· A solid 360 feedbacks from your peer teams on your support of their goals
· Respect, that is earned, not demanded from your peers and manager
Compensation: If you are the right fit, we believe in creating wealth for you. With enviable 500 mn+ registered users, 21 mn+ merchants and depth of data in our ecosystem, we are in a unique position to democratize credit for deserving consumers & merchants – and we are committed to it India’s largest digital lending story is brewing here It’s your opportunity to be a part of the story!
