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Second Foundation

Electricity trading and renewable asset management

Database Platform Engineer

Database AdministrationConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timePrague, Czechia

About the Job

Requirements

  • Some hands-on experience with database administration, database operations, database support, or database development.
  • Practical experience with PostgreSQL or another relational database such as Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, or MySQL.
  • Understanding of database concepts such as indexing, query performance, backups, replication, permissions, schemas, and availability.
  • Experience with cloud environments, ideally Azure.
  • Interest in learning enterprise database platforms and operating databases in high-availability, business-critical environments.
  • Ability to investigate technical problems systematically and communicate findings clearly to engineers, analysts, or other stakeholders.
  • Basic scripting or automation experience using tools such as Bash, Python, Terraform, or similar.
  • Familiarity with monitoring, alerting, logs, metrics, or operational tooling.
  • Basic understanding of ETL, data integration, or data warehousing concepts.

Responsibilities

  • Operate and support database platforms in cloud environments.
  • Work with PostgreSQL and other database technologies used by data engineering, analytics, and trading systems.
  • Learn and gradually take ownership of enterprise-grade database environments.
  • Monitor database availability, performance, capacity, backups, and security-related configuration.
  • Troubleshoot database errors, slow queries, resource consumption, and data availability issues in cooperation with developers, data engineers, and analysts.
  • Support performance tuning activities, including query analysis, indexing, execution plans, and resource usage investigation.
  • Help improve ETL and data processing workflows by identifying bottlenecks and reliability issues.
  • Maintain database structures, access patterns, operational procedures, and documentation.
  • Write or improve scripts and automation for recurring database administration tasks, monitoring, deployments, and operational checks.
  • Participate in cloud infrastructure and database platform improvements, including automation, observability, and reliability practices.
  • Continuously learn new database and data storage technologies and apply them where they improve scalability, reliability, or maintainability.

Desired Qualifications

  • Basic experience with PL/SQL or other database development is a benefit.
  • Curiosity, ownership, and willingness to learn technologies beyond traditional database administration work, including DevOps practices, cloud-native services, and lakehouse/data platform technologies.

About the Company

Second Foundation

Electricity trading and renewable asset management

Second Foundation operates in the energy sector, handling electricity trading, renewable energy production, battery storage, and flexible asset management. It uses its own technology and advanced trading algorithms to buy and sell electricity, optimize renewable generation, and manage storage and other assets across multiple markets (25 markets worldwide) to maximize value. Compared with competitors, it differentiates itself through its international reach, a diversified portfolio that combines trading, generation, storage, and asset management, and its use of proprietary software to optimize energy assets. The company’s goal is to increase the value of renewable energy assets while helping to accelerate the shift to cleaner energy.

Company size
201-500
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Prague, Czechia
Founded
2022

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