(Senior) Database Administrator (DBA)

About Airwallex

Airwallex is the only unified payments and financial platform for global businesses. Powered by our unique combination of proprietary infrastructure and software, we empower over 250,000 businesses worldwide – including Brex, Navan, Qantas, SHEIN and many more – with fully integrated solutions to manage everything from business accounts, payments, spend management and treasury, to embedded finance at a global scale.

Proudly founded in Melbourne, we have a team of over 2,300 of the brightest and most innovative people in tech across 27 offices around the globe. Valued at US$11 billion and backed by world-leading investors including T. Rowe Price, Visa, Mastercard, Robinhood Ventures, Sequoia, Salesforce Ventures, DST Global, and Lone Pine Capital, Airwallex is leading the charge in building the global payments and financial platform of the future. If you’re ready to do the most ambitious work of your career, join us.

 

Attributes We Value

We hire successful builders with founder-like energy who want real impact, accelerated learning, and true ownership. You bring strong role-related expertise and sharp thinking, and you’re motivated by our mission and operating principles. You move fast with good judgment, dig deep with curiosity, and make decisions from first principles, balancing speed and rigor.

You're humble and collaborative; turn zero‑to‑one ideas into real products, and you “get stuff done” end-to-end. You use AI to work smarter and solve problems faster. Here, you’ll tackle complex, high‑visibility problems with exceptional teammates and grow your career as we build the future of global banking. If that sounds like you, let’s build what’s next.

 

About the team

The Engineering team at Airwallex is a diverse group of innovators, builders, and problem solvers, driven by a mission to empower businesses to operate anywhere, anytime. We thrive in a collaborative and fast-paced environment, where we're constantly pushing the boundaries of what's possible in the financial technology space. As a team, we value technical craftsmanship, continuous learning, and a strong sense of ownership, working together to build scalable, reliable, and secure products that empower businesses of all sizes to grow without borders.

What you’ll do

As databases are the foundation of a financial company's operation, database administrator is a critical role. You will be responsible for supporting the database development of the company's core business, resolving and optimizing database issues across our global operations. This role requires exceptional technical expertise and a strong problem-solving ability. Joining the team would provide you ample opportunities to demonstrate your talents and advance your career.

This role is based in Seoul, South Korea.

Address: Units 1006, Partners Tower, 83 Gasan digital 1-ro, Geumcheon-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 08589 서울 금천구 가산디지털1로 83, 1006 호(가산동, 파트너스타워)

Responsibilities:

• Use Alibaba Cloud, Google Cloud, etc. to build, maintain, and optimize the database environment of the company's cross-border payment products.

• Write automated scripts and programs to complete the configuration and management of database instances and tables, and continuously improve the level of automation.

• Plan and maintain database backup, recovery, and governance to ensure reliable and secure operation of the database.

• Formulate database table construction and usage specifications, and participate in the design, formulation, and review of storage methods and storage structures of various types of data, so that data reading and writing are reliable and efficient.

• Research and design database monitoring systems and middleware, provide rapid positioning capabilities for performance issues, and ensure database consistency and high availability.

• Research and introduce new technologies according to business needs, and continuously improve the operating efficiency and service capabilities of the database system.

• Actively communicate with various business departments to promote the implementation of database specifications, and design reasonable database architectures and solutions according to business needs to meet the database's support for business development. 

Who you are

We're looking for people who meet the minimum qualifications for this role. The preferred qualifications are great to have, but are not mandatory.

• More than 3 years of experience in the database field of the Internet industry, managed large clusters, and proficient in the design and implementation of relational databases.

• Proficient in PostgreSQL high availability and cluster management, familiar with its synchronization and storage mechanisms, and familiar with the management and maintenance of pgpool-II middleware.

• Proficient in Redis/Redis Cluster management and best practices.

• Familiar with the writing of common commands and shell scripts in Linux systems, familiar with at least one programming language, and have certain development capabilities.

• Strong ability to analyze and solve problems, with a rigorous attitude and sense of responsibility.

• Good learning ability and communication skills, with experience in small and medium-sized project management.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in operation and maintenance management of multiple database centers and distributed databases.

• Experience in interaction and management of Kafka/Elasticsearch and PostgreSQL.

• Experience in database optimization on SSD.

• Experience in database container management.

• Experience in programming Ansible/Puppet/Salt/Terraform.

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Equal opportunity

Airwallex is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and anyone seeking employment at Airwallex is considered based on merit, qualifications, competence and talent. We don’t regard color, religion, race, national origin, sexual orientation, ancestry, citizenship, sex, marital or family status, disability, gender, or any other legally protected status when making our hiring decisions. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.