Senior Database Engineer (Oracle & MongoDB)
Job Title
Senior Database Engineer (Oracle & MongoDB)
Employment Type: Full-time
Locations: Pittsburgh, PA
Key Responsibilities
Lead advanced performance tuning efforts for Oracle and MongoDB in high-throughput transactional (OLTP) systems
Rapidly analyze poorly performing database components to identify root causes across schema design, queries, and application interactions
Rewrite and optimize inefficient SQL, PL/SQL, and MongoDB queries/aggregations supporting real-time transaction processing
Review and influence data models and schema design with a focus on transactional integrity, consistency, and performance
Partner closely with application development teams to improve data access patterns, reduce latency, and eliminate performance anti-patterns
Proactively identify performance risks related to transaction volume, concurrency, and system growth
Provide fast, analytical, and decisive support for production performance issues, including transaction slowdowns and degradation
Document performance tuning decisions, improvements, and database best practices
MUST HAVE QUALIFICATIONS (Non-Negotiable)
10+ years of hands-on database engineering experience with deep expertise in Oracle and significant experience with MongoDB
Expert-level knowledge of:
Oracle SQL performance tuning, execution plans, indexing, partitioning, optimizer behavior, and transaction management
MongoDB performance tuning for transactional workloads, including indexing strategies and query analysis
Proven ability to rapidly diagnose and remediate performance issues in complex, high-volume transactional systems
Demonstrated experience rewriting and refactoring inefficient database logic in both legacy and modern systems
Strong understanding of concurrency, locking, and transactional consistency
Experience supporting mission-critical production systems
Preferred Qualifications
Experience in banking, financial services, payments, or transaction-heavy environments
Familiarity with core banking, payments, account processing, or ledger-style data models
Experience optimizing systems where latency, consistency, and reliability are prioritized over large-scale analytics
Exposure to regulatory or audit-driven environments
Hands-on experience with:
Oracle AWR / ASH / OEM
MongoDB Atlas performance tools or equivalent diagnostics
About Techstra Solutions
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