Senior Database Administrator (DBA)

PeepalCo is a canopy for brands serving India with tailored wealth-tech products, Making Money Equal for All. Founded by Ashish Singhal, Govind Soni, and Vimal Sagar Tiwari, PeepalCo’s products include CoinSwitch. The Group is backed by blue-chip investors including Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Tiger Global, Peak XV Partners (formerly Sequoia Capital India), Ribbit Capital, Paradigm, and Coinbase Ventures.

PeepalCo is the brand name for our Group entity and will house all our wealth-tech brands. The largest of our brands, CoinSwitch, will be housed under PeepalCo, so will our forays into Indian Equities, Mutual Funds, and HNI Wealth Management.

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About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Senior Database Administrator (DBA) who thrives on owning and completing critical database tasks across complex environments. You will be responsible for management, optimization, performance tuning, automation, and security for a diverse set of database technologies. The ideal candidate will be proactive, self-driven, and able to deliver high-quality work with minimal supervision.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer and support enterprise database systems including PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, TimescaleDB, Redis, and SQL Server.

• Monitor database health, performance, and availability; identify and resolve issues.

• Conduct performance tuning, query optimization, indexing strategies, and resource configuration.

• Lead database security tasks: hardening, access control, and auditing.

• Design and implement backup & recovery strategies and disaster recovery plans.

• Automate routine DBA tasks using scripting and configuration management tools.

• Collaborate with dev, infra, and platform teams to improve reliability and scalability.

• Document procedures, and standards.

Required Skills & Proficiency (Importance Scale)

Minimum Qualifications

• 5–8 years of hands-on experience in database administration or similar role.

• Expert experience with AWS cloud.

• Strong expertise in PostgreSQL and Elasticsearch (critical for this position).

• Solid operational experience with TimescaleDB, Redis, and SQL Server.

• Proven track record of performance tuning and troubleshooting at scale.

• Knowledge of database security best practices.

• Skilled in writing automation scripts or tools to improve operational efficiency.

• Great communication and ability to own and complete tasks independently.

• Familiarity with observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana).

What We Value

• Accountability: You own your deliverables end-to-end and drive them to completion.

• Problem-solving: You think critically and solve issues proactively.

• Team Collaboration: You communicate effectively and work well with engineering and infrastructure teams.

• Continuous Learning: You stay current with database technologies and improvements.

Life at PeepalCo

We take great pride in what we do, and are committed to our mission. And we have a lot of fun while at it!

Here’s how we do things at PeepalCo:

• Customer-first: That’s the North Star. Everything we do is to make our users’ investment experience better and simplified.
• Ownership: We don’t sport lab coats, but we experiment—a lot. And we take ownership. We even have a catchphrase for this: Think big, fail fast, and build better.
• Data-driven: The source of truth. Simple as that.
• Fun: PS5, anyone? Or do you prefer Foosball? Or perhaps Carrom? And yes, our HR team has a whole list of activities: Disco nights, offsites, gift boxes, and more!

Speaking of lists, the perks and benefits are so extensive, this space isn’t enough. Here are a few:

• Parenthood: Up to 8 months of Maternity leave and 1 month of Paternity leave
• Gender Reassignment Surgery: Be the best version of you! We’ll support you and reimburse your medical bill.

Disclaimer: We are an equal opportunity employer committed to building a respectful and empowering work environment for all people to freely express themselves amongst colleagues who embrace diversity in all respects. Including fresh voices and unique points of view in all aspects of our business not only creates an environment where we can all grow and thrive but also increases our potential to produce work that better represents—and resonates with—the world around us.