Database Developer

Felix Payment Systems•Vancouver, BC

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

Felix Payment Systems is a growing fintech start-up located in downtown Vancouver. We have created the world’s first 100% cloud-based payment terminal. Felix is leading the charge in the disruption of the payments industry. Our technology transforms consumer-grade devices into secure portable payment terminals using no additional hardware. At Felix, we pride ourselves on being innovators in technology, and we are always pushing the boundaries to create world-leading products. If you are a like-minded individual, we want to hear from you! Our office is situated in the heart of downtown Vancouver where we embrace a hybrid work model valuing time together in the office balanced with working from home. As a Database Developer and part of our Software Development team, you will play a key role in developing and maintaining transactional databases for our cloud payments platform. You will help deliver scalable, high-quality solutions that will drive our payments business forward.

Requirements

Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience
2+ years of experience maintaining transactional data models and SQL code
2+ years of maintaining, optimizing and evolving database infrastructure
Experience across multiple on-premises and Cloud database platforms (SQL Server, Postgres, others)
Skill in profiling and optimizing high-volume, high-performant transactions
Demonstrated ability to mentor and guide developers, fostering a collaborative and learning-focused environment
Security-first approach to design and implementation
Experience deploying enterprise-grade software in regulated environments

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with PCI-DSS compliance and secure payment transactions
Experience with message brokers and/or caching services: eg. RabbitMQ, Redis
Knowledge of monitoring tools: Grafana or ELK Stack

Responsibilities

Manage core transactional payment databases and maintain application data models
Design, build, and maintain optimized queries, stored procedures, indexes and other database artifacts
Build, deploy and maintain databases in our high performant cloud environment
Lead database modernization efforts
Align our solution to PCI DSS and PCI MPoC requirements
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure high availability and database performance
Support strong monitoring and alerts across our systems
Assist our product team with requirements, user stories, estimates and work plans