Senior Software Engineer Database Platforms

Bloomberg is building out Database Engineering in Dublin. Our team provides Bloombergs internal database-as-a-service platform across PostgreSQL MySQL Oracle and SQL Server managing 100K databases globally.

We are modernizing this platform around self-service resilience compliance security and performance. The Oracle Infrastructure team owns the Oracle capabilities within the broader DBaaS platform building the services APIs automation and operational tooling that help Bloomberg engineers deploy and operate Oracle-backed systems safely at scale.

You are a senior software engineer who enjoys building infrastructure platforms automation and self-service tools. You are comfortable working across software database and infrastructure layers and you care about reducing operational toil while improving reliability. You are not a traditional DBA but you should have strong relational database experience and an interest in Oracle database performance automation and high availability.

Well Trust You To

• Build backend services APIs and automation for Bloombergs Oracle DBaaS platform.

• Create self-service workflows for configuration patching deployment and lifecycle management.

• Improve Oracle observability telemetry alerting high availability and disaster recovery tooling.

• Debug production issues across application database and infrastructure layers.

• Partner with engineering teams to improve database design performance reliability and production readiness.

• Help shape the Dublin presence for a global Database Engineering platform team.

You Need To Have

• 4 years of software engineering experience using Java Python or similar languages.

• Experience building services automation or operational tooling for relational database-backed systems.

• Strong understanding of relational database concepts.

• Experience automating infrastructure or production workflows.

• Strong communication skills and a relevant technical degree or equivalent experience.

Wed Love To See

• Oracle production experience including performance tuning execution plans wait events Data Guard ASM RMAN backup/recovery or patching.

• Experience building platform services distributed systems internal developer platforms or DBaaS-style infrastructure.

• Familiarity with Kubernetes containers orchestration observability SLOs or configuration management.

• Experience across PostgreSQL MySQL Oracle SQL Server or similar database technologies.