Senior AWS Database Engineer

Job Description

Econify is a NYC-based consulting and development firm composed of smart, motivated engineers. We partner with enterprise media and fintech clients to design, build, and scale complex systems. Our teams embed directly with product organizations to solve high-impact technical problems that reach millions of users.

We’re looking for a Senior AWS & Multi-Database Engineer to join one of our enterprise client engagements - working alongside some of the country’s most talented engineers on projects involving AWS-managed database services as well as traditional and NoSQL platforms such as Oracle DB and MongoDB.

This position is ideal for a self-starter, strategic problem solver,
and forward-thinking technologist who thrives on optimizing data infrastructure for scale, performance, and reliability. This role is full-time, with on-site in NYC or LA preferred.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain AWS-managed and on-prem/cloud-hosted databases including:
  - Amazon RDS (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Aurora, and Oracle engines)
  - Amazon DynamoDB
  - Amazon ElastiCache (Redis and Memcached)
  - Amazon DocumentDB and MongoDB
  - Amazon OpenSearch Service (formerly Elasticsearch Service)
  - Standalone Oracle Database environments
• Manage RDS clusters, snapshots, and instances, ensuring data integrity,
  availability, and recovery readiness.
• Architect, implement, and maintain database monitoring, automation, and
  scaling strategies using AWS-native and third-party tools.
• Partner with engineering, DevOps, and analytics teams to deliver secure, high-performing, and cost-efficient database solutions.
• Lead database migrations, upgrades, and disaster recovery planning with
  minimal downtime.
• Implement and optimize backup, replication, and sharing strategies for multi-region and high-throughput workloads.
• Continuously assess emerging technologies and propose data modernization and optimization strategies.

Skills & Requirements

• 5-10+ years of experience managing production database systems in AWS and hybrid environments.
• Deep hands-on experience with AWS services: aws_rds_db_snapshot, aws_dynamodb, aws_rds_instance, aws_elasticache, aws_rds_cluster, aws_docdb_cluster, aws_elasticsearch_domain
• Strong operational and tuning experience with Oracle Database and MongoDB.
• Demonstrated knowledge of SQL and NoSQL data modeling, performance tuning, and query optimization.
• Experience implementing high availability, replication, and disaster recovery configurations.
• Skilled in infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation) for provisioning and automation.
• Familiarity with security best practices — encryption, IAM roles, VPC networking, and data access controls.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills with a collaborative mindset.

Bonus / Preferred Experience

It’s a plus if you’ve worked with or are interested in:

• AWS Certified Database – Specialty or AWS Solutions Architect certification.
• Experience with MongoDB and Oracle DB.
• Prior consulting experience or direct client interaction.

About Econify

Econify has been designing and developing Mobile, smart TV, and World Wide Web applications for clients since 2001. Our expertise in top technologies has provided us with the opportunity to serve many leaders in and beyond the media industry.

We employ a team of curious, talented, and highly self-motivated engineers, and those are the qualities that will serve you best in your career here. You'll be challenged on occasion but are expected to be your own boss, so we don’t feel the need to micromanage vacation time or workload.

Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• Liberal vacation time
• Healthcare
• Awesome coworkers!