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# Database Data Engineer

- **Company:** Peaple Talent
- **Location:** London, UK (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £80,000.0 - £100,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Databases, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Database Development, Amazon DynamoDB, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Performance Tuning, Query Optimization, Transact-SQL, Scripting, Database Optimization, Amazon Relational Database Service, Cloud Migration, Data Pipelines
- **Published:** July 10, 2026
- **Apply:** https://find.jobs/jobs-near-me/apply/ats-redirect/?id=2866913450-2

## About the Role

* 5+ years in database engineering (design, build, optimisation, support)
 * Strong hands-on expertise in SQL Server (T-SQL) and PostgreSQL
 * Proven experience with AWS database services (RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB)
 * Track record of cloud migrations and database modernisation
 * Experience with ETL, pipelines, and replication
 * Python or similar scripting skills with an automation mindset

## Description

Database Data Engineer | London (3 days a week onsite) | up to £100,000, This is a database-heavy Data Engineer position where you'll take ownership of designing, optimising and evolving production-critical systems across AWS. Particularly using SQL Server and PostgreSQL environments., * Design and deliver scalable database solutions (SQL Server, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB)

 * Lead migrations of MS SQL Server on EC2 to AWS RDS
 * Build and manage data pipelines
 * Drive performance tuning, query optimisation, and indexing strategies
 * Collaborate across engineering teams to embed robust database architecture


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