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Database Engineer - Ads

Apple· Hyderabad, Telangana, India Software and Services
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Hybrid (Hyderabad)Full-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Apple Ads, India is seeking Database Engineers to join the Reliability Engineering Team in Hyderabad to build, operate, and automate our database platform. The role focuses on PostgreSQL on AWS, distributed databases, cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, and automation. It is a hands-on, mentorship-driven position with increasing ownership of production systems.

Responsibilities

  • Work with senior engineers, Application, and Infrastructure teams to support their initiatives, operational readiness, and engineering standards.
  • Support routine database maintenance: upgrades, patching, user management, and backup and recovery — primarily on PostgreSQL and AWS-hosted databases.
  • Help troubleshoot and resolve performance issues, developing your skills in SQL/query tuning, indexing, and basic memory/I-O optimization (e.g., shared_buffers, work_mem).
  • Write and optimize SQL queries and assist in tuning database workloads for efficiency.
  • Assist in schema design, indexing, and partitioning under guidance from senior team members.
  • Build automation for recurring and manual database tasks — this is a core part of the role. Identify toil and replace it with scripts and tooling.
  • Develop and maintain automation and tooling in Python, such as backup checks, health monitoring, provisioning scripts, and operational runbooks-as-code.
  • Deploy and manage databases and changes through CI/CD pipelines; contribute to DevOps practices (infrastructure-as-code, pipeline automation, version-controlled DB changes).
  • Provision and operate database infrastructure on AWS, using core cloud components (EC2, RDS/Aurora, S3, IAM, VPC, CloudWatch).
  • Support distributed database environments and learn replication concepts, including PostgreSQL logical replication.
  • Troubleshoot technical problems, escalating appropriately, and document solutions.
  • Participate in rotational on-call support as you ramp up (with senior backup).

Qualifications

  • 3-8 years of experience in IT / software / database engineering.
  • Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL (or another relational database with a clear path to Postgres); solid understanding of core database concepts.
  • Working knowledge of SQL and fundamentals of query tuning and execution plans (e.g., EXPLAIN, indexing basics, pg_stat_*).
  • Experience with at least one major cloud provider, ideally AWS, and its core services (compute, managed databases, storage, networking, security groups, VPC, KMS, IAM).
  • Proficiency in Python for scripting and automation.
  • Exposure to CI/CD and DevOps tooling (e.g., Git, Jenkins/GitLab CI/GitHub Actions, and infrastructure-as-code such as Terraform or CloudFormation, Helm, ACK).
  • A demonstrated bias toward automation — a track record of scripting or automating repetitive work.
  • Working knowledge of Linux/Unix fundamentals.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, eagerness to learn, and good communication and collaboration skills.

Skills

Required:PostgreSQLSQL and query tuningPython scriptingCloud (AWS)CI/CD / DevOps toolingAutomationLinux/Unix

Benefits

  • Accessibility and inclusive culture as a core value at Apple (referenced in description)
Last updated Aug 28, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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