Software Engineer - Database

About this role

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, which manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Software Engineer – Database based in United States .

Join a globally distributed engineering team developing critical financial infrastructure for a regulated digital asset derivatives exchange, clearinghouse, and brokerage platform. In this role, you will build and maintain database-driven services that accurately record orders, trades, and settlements. You will contribute to the design of robust data models, PostgreSQL schemas, queries, and migrations, ensuring financial information remains consistent, auditable, and reliable. Working primarily with Haskell-based services, you will collaborate across engineering and operational teams to improve performance and support high-volume financial workflows. This is an opportunity to apply strong software engineering and database expertise to systems where data integrity, precision, and resilience are essential.

### Accountabilities

• Design, develop, test, and deliver well-structured, well-reviewed features and fixes across exchange, clearinghouse, and brokerage services, primarily using Haskell.
• Understand end-to-end order, trade, clearing, and settlement workflows to ensure reliable data handling across systems.
• Design database schemas, constraints, and indexes for new features, using precise numeric types and audit trails to preserve financial data integrity.
• Develop safe, reversible database migrations for large tables, minimizing locking and operational disruption.
• Review database migrations proposed by other engineers to ensure quality, reliability, and consistency.
• Analyze query execution plans and production performance metrics to identify bottlenecks and optimize queries, indexes, and data access patterns.
• Monitor production systems, respond to alerts, and support operational activities such as daily settlement cycles.
• Investigate production incidents, resolve ...