Photon

Builds custom software and AI for big companies

Database Lead

Data EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeIndiaNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

Seven or more years of software or data engineering experience.
Strong relational database management system and SQL skills, including query optimization and database design.
Strong Python programming skills.
Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform.
Strong experience with Google Cloud Spanner.
Experience with Google Datastream or change-data capture and Google Dataflow.
Good understanding of distributed systems and data synchronization.
Strong data modeling skills.
Proficiency with Git/code repositories, continuous integration and continuous delivery, release management, and engineering best practices.

Responsibilities

Design and develop solutions using relational database management systems, SQL, and data modeling best practices.
Build cloud-native solutions using Google Cloud Spanner, Google Datastream, and Google Dataflow.
Develop robust Python-based applications and data pipelines.
Design data models, schemas, transformations, and data integration workflows.
Work with change-data capture, data synchronization, and distributed data processing.
Develop, review, test, troubleshoot, and optimize production-quality code.
Work with Git-based code repositories, branching strategies, pull requests, and code reviews.
Manage and contribute to continuous integration and continuous delivery and release pipelines, deployments, and production releases.
Follow software engineering best practices for security, scalability, observability, testing, documentation, and maintainability.
Collaborate with architects, engineers, and business teams to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions.

Desired Qualifications

Experience with Pub/Sub, Cloud Storage, Cloud Functions or Cloud Run, or other Google Cloud Platform services.
Experience with database migration, replication, or hybrid cloud architectures.
Experience designing highly available and multi-region applications.
Familiarity with Agile development and automated testing.

Senior Software Engineer – RDBMS & Google Cloud

Role Overview
We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer with strong expertise in RDBMS, SQL, Python, and Google Cloud Platform to design and build scalable, reliable data-intensive applications and cloud solutions.

Key Responsibilities

Design and develop solutions using RDBMS, SQL, and data modeling best practices.
Build cloud-native solutions using Google Cloud Spanner, Google Datastream, and Google Dataflow.
Develop robust Python-based applications and data pipelines.
Design data models, schemas, transformations, and data integration workflows.
Work with change-data-capture (CDC), data synchronization, and distributed data processing.
Develop, review, test, troubleshoot, and optimize production-quality code.
Work with Git-based code repositories, branching strategies, pull requests, and code reviews.
Manage and contribute to CI/CD and release pipelines, deployments, and production releases.
Follow software engineering best practices around security, scalability, observability, testing, documentation, and maintainability.
Collaborate with architects, engineers, and business teams to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions.

Required Skills

7+ years of software/data engineering experience.
Strong RDBMS and SQL skills, including query optimization and database design.
Strong Python programming skills.
Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
Strong experience with Google Cloud Spanner.
Experience with Google Datastream / CDC and Google Dataflow.
Good understanding of distributed systems and data synchronization.
Strong data modeling skills.
Proficiency with Git/code repositories, CI/CD, release management, and engineering best practices.

Good to Have

Experience with Pub/Sub, Cloud Storage, Cloud Functions/Cloud Run, or other GCP services.
Experience with database migration, replication, or hybrid cloud architectures.
Experience designing highly available and multi-region applications.
Familiarity with Agile development and automated testing.

Ideal Candidate
A hands-on senior engineer who combines strong database fundamentals with modern GCP engineering, can independently design and implement solutions, and follows disciplined software development and release practices.

About the Company

Photon

Builds custom software and AI for big companies

Photon designs, builds, and runs custom software for large companies, combining an in-house creative agency with its own engineering teams. Its flagship client work includes rebuilding Samsung's US online store as a set of smaller linked services and creating Olive Garden's mobile app, which lets diners join the waitlist from their phones instead of waiting at the door. Clients hire Photon's teams to plan and code their apps, websites, and AI tools and to keep them running afterward, paying for the engineers and designers assigned to each project. Photon is privately held and based in London, with its US arm in Dallas and engineering centers in Chennai and Bengaluru.

Company size: 5,001-10,000
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
Founded: Not listed

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