Principal Database Engineer

Role overview

Principal Database Engineer at Techversant Infotech

Architecture & Strategy

What’s important to us: We are looking for a Principal Database Engineer to own and drive database architecture and strategy

Responsibilities

• Define and govern database architecture standards across projects
• Design highly scalable, fault-tolerant, and secure data platforms
• Evaluate and select database technologies based on business and technical needs
• Own long-term database and data platform roadmap Performance, Scale & Reliability
• Architect solutions for high-throughput, low-latency systems
• Lead complex performance tuning and capacity planning initiatives
• Design and govern disaster recovery and multi-region strategies
• Drive reliability engineering practices and database SLAs/SLOs Cloud & Modern Data Platforms
• Architect and manage databases on AWS, Azure, and GCP
• Guide teams on managed, distributed, and cloud-native database services
• Provide governance for containerized and Kubernetes-based database workloads
• Ensure security, encryption, auditing, and compliance requirements are met Technical Leadership & Mentorship
• Act as the final authority for database-related technical decisions
• Mentor senior and mid-level database engineers
• Review and approve database architecture and migration designs
• Support presales, solutioning, and client technical discussions Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Work closely with CTOs, Architects, Engineering Leads, and Product teams
• Translate business requirements into scalable data solutions
• Represent database architecture in executive and client forums Required Skills &

Required qualifications

• 8 + years of deep database engineering experience
• Expert-level knowledge of multiple RDBMS platforms
• Strong experience with distributed databases and No SQL systems
• Deep understanding of sharding, partitioning, replication, and consistency models
• Extensive experience with cloud database ecosystems
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code and advanced monitoring tools
• Employer experience: 8+ years

Preferred qualifications and skills

• Experience designing enterprise-scale or multi-tenant data platforms
• Background in compliance-heavy or regulated environments
• Strong consulting or architecture leadership experience
• Cloud and database certifications (highly desirable) Soft Skills
• Strategic thinking and strong decision-making abilities
• Excellent stakeholder and executive communication skills
• Ability to influence and mentor across teams Job Category: Database

Employment details

• Job Type: Full Time Part Time
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• Location: Kochi, Trivandrum

Additional role details

• What’s important to us:
• expertise, architectural leadership, and the ability to influence engineering and client stakeholders across multiple projects and platforms.