Contract: Senior Database Automation Engineer (LATAM)

Upwork · Brazil, Brazil, Brazil

Location

Brazil

Job Type

Full-time

Posted

June 05, 2026

Job Description

Join Upwork's Data Infrastructure team within the Data Platform Services (DPS) organization, responsible for designing, operating, and automating all database systems (Postgres, MySQL, DynamoDB, MongoDB) across Upwork’s global infrastructure. This role combines database engineering expertise with software development rigor to build mission-critical automations for Upwork’s core data assets.

You’ll orchestrate complex systems spanning Terraform, RDS, Presto, and Rancher to solve challenges like:
Zero-downtime migrations and cross-region replication

End-to-end database provisioning (infrastructure deployment, user/access configuration, service integration)

Vulnerability management and security hardening at scale

Incident response for high-severity database alerts (24/7 on-call rotation) 
Key Responsibilities:
Design and implement Python-based automation frameworks (not scripts) for database lifecycle ma...
        

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