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# Database Reliability Engineer

- **Company:** Starling
- **Location:** Southampton, UK
- **Salary:** £62,066.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Databases, Data Integrity, Database Theory, Distributed Systems, Java Web Services, PostgreSQL, Performance Tuning, Prometheus, Grafana, Indexer, Sentry, Data Management, Terraform
- **Published:** October 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5913992732

## About the Role

* PostgreSQL Experience: You have hands-on experience working with Postgres databases. You understand core database concepts like query execution, indexing, locking, and performance tuning
 * Systems Thinker: You believe infrastructure and database orchestration should be driven programmatically via Terraform and custom Java automation
 * Distributed Systems Enthusiast: You are excited by the challenge of "multi-everything"-multi-tenant and multi-region data platforms-while ensuring data integrity, clean relational modeling, and mobility
 * A Security & Observability Mindset: You focus on building deep observability (Prometheus/Grafana/Dash0/Sentry/Humio) and automated security guardrails directly into your Java services so the fleet is secure and monitored by design