Senior Engineer - Database

The role

You will partner with database engineers and product development teams to ensure the resilience, quality, and performance of the core database platform. You will manage SQL Server fleet operations and help migrate services from SQL Server RDS to Aurora Postgres RDS.

What you will do

• Managing and optimising day-to-day operations across the SQL Server and SQL Server RDS database fleet
• Planning and executing end-to-end database migrations from SQL Server to Aurora Postgres RDS
• Integrating AI tools into engineering workflows
• Partnering with product development teams to consult on schema design, query tuning, and database observability using AWS tools

Required qualifications

• Deep expertise in SQL Server and SQL Server RDS
• Strong emphasis on query analysis and performance tuning
• Practical experience or familiarity with Aurora Postgres RDS
• Pragmatic approach to technical ownership
• Capability to identify risks early and implement sustainable solutions
• Clear communication skills
• Curiosity and openness to leveraging AI tools

Nice to have

• desire to contribute to active database migration projects

About the company

Xero is a company with a supportive and collaborative team of senior database engineers spread across Australia and New Zealand.