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# Datastore-Focused Backend Engineer

- **Company:** Rover
- **Location:** Barcelona, Spain
- **Salary:** €62,722.0 - €76,027.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Databases, Django Web Framework, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, MySQL, Backend, Terraform
- **Published:** August 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.jobleads.com/es/job/e56e72ad1049a5cb5add498061b4e07f6

## About the Role

Ideal candidates have 3+ years as a Fullstack/Backend Engineer (Django/Python) and strong experience with AWS, RDS, and IaC tooling like Terraform or CDK.

## Description

Rover is seeking a Software Engineer to join the Barcelona-based Backend Platform team, focusing on managing Rover's PostgreSQL/MySQL databases. You will collaborate with the lead Database Engineer to oversee database operations, upgrades, and performance improvements, while building self-service automation for migrations and tuning.


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