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Database Lead

Photon Interactive UK Limited
India Posted Oct 9, 2026
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About this role

Job title: Database Lead Location: India

Job Description Senior Software Engineer – RDBMS & Google Cloud

Role Overview We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer with strong expertise in RDBMS, SQL, Python, and Google Cloud Platform to design and build scalable, reliable data-intensive applications and cloud solutions.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design and develop solutions using RDBMS, SQL, and data modeling best practices.
  • Build cloud-native solutions using Google Cloud Spanner, Google Datastream, and Google Dataflow.
  • Develop robust Python-based applications and data pipelines.
  • Design data models, schemas, transformations, and data integration workflows.
  • Work with change-data-capture (CDC), data synchronization, and distributed data processing.
  • Develop, review, test, troubleshoot, and optimize production-quality code.
  • Work with Git-based code repositories, branching strategies, pull requests, and code reviews.
  • Manage and contribute to CI/CD and release pipelines, deployments, and production releases.
  • Follow software engineering best practices around security, scalability, observability, testing, documentation, and maintainability.
  • Collaborate with architects, engineers, and business teams to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions.

Required Skills

  • 7+ years of software/data engineering experience.

  • Strong RDBMS and SQL skills, including query optimization and database design.

  • Strong Python programming skills.

  • Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

  • Strong experience with Google Cloud Spanner.

  • Experience with Google Datastream / CDC and Google Dataflow.

  • Good understanding of distributed systems and data synchronization.

  • Strong data modeling skills.

  • Proficiency with Git/code repositories, CI/CD, release management, and engineering best practices.

  • Good to Have

  • Experience with Pub/Sub, Cloud Storage, Cloud Functions/Cloud Run, or other GCP services.

  • Experience with database migration, replication, or hybrid cloud architectures.

  • Experience designing highly available and multi-region applications.

  • Familiarity with Agile development and automated testing.

  • Ideal Candidate

  • A hands-on senior engineer who combines strong database fundamentals with modern GCP engineering, can independently design and implement solutions, and follows disciplined software development and release practices.

  • Job Info

  • Job Identification: 26977

  • Job Category: Dev & Run Ops

  • Posting Date: 10/09/2026, 12:17 AM

  • Locations

  • 2, 6, 7, 8th Floors, 6th Block, DLF IT Park, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 600089, IN

  • 2A Aster, 6th Floor, East Tower Vikas Telecom Pvt. Ltd- SEZ, Embassy Tech Village, Devarabeesanahalli, Varthur Hobli, Bengaluru (Bangalore) Rural, Karnataka, 560103, IN

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