Senior Database Administrator (DBA)

At Yuno, we are building the payment infrastructure that helps companies grow across Latin America and beyond.

We are looking for a Senior Database Administrator to join our Engineering team and take ownership of the reliability, performance, and scalability of our database systems.

This is a senior, remote role for someone who thrives on solving complex data infrastructure challenges and wants to make a direct impact on a fast-growing payments platform.

Responsibilities

• Own the performance, availability, and scalability of our production database systems (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB)
• Design, implement, and maintain backup, replication, and disaster recovery strategies
• Lead database deployments, migrations, and schema changes with minimal downtime
• Provide after-hours and on-call support for critical deployments, sharing coverage with the rest of the team
• Monitor database health and proactively resolve performance bottlenecks
• Partner with Engineering to design scalable data architectures for new features
• Establish and enforce best practices for security, access control, and data governance
• Document database processes and mentor other engineers on database best practices

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience as a Database Administrator or similar senior data infrastructure role
• Strong hands-on expertise with PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MongoDB in production environments
• Solid experience with backup and disaster recovery strategies, replication, and high-availability setups
• Experience supporting production deployments, including after-hours or on-call rotations
• Comfortable working independently in a remote, distributed team spanning multiple timezones
• Strong troubleshooting and performance-tuning skills under pressure
• Fluent in both English and Spanish, written and spoken
• Based in Mexico, Europe, or a similar timezone that complements a Bogota-based team
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate cross-functionally with Engineering