Data Engineering (DBA)

Lateral stands for technology excellence.

We’re a profitable, award-winning design and technology company with over 20 years of experience launching bold ventures and transforming businesses. A globally distributed team of 200+ experts united by a shared purpose: the continuous pursuit of quality.

Our clients come to us for results, quality and craft - and stay because we keep raising the bar.

Our mission is simple: design and build great products .

What sets us apart isn’t just the talent of our team - it’s the way we work:

We Work On Time, On Budget, On Quality

We Care Deeply.

We care about our work and about each other. Care Is A Competitive Advantage.

Every design, every line of code, every decision. We hold the bar high even when no one’s watching. We’re Obsessed With Agility, Not The Agile Manifesto

As a Senior DBA & Database Architect at Lateral, you will:

Design and optimize real-time databases and data systems to meet evolving client, product, and business needs - with a focus on performance, quality, and scalability.

Tune, productionize, and optimize data systems and machine learning models to enhance their effectiveness and efficiency.

Take ownership of features end-to-end , from initial concept through deployment. You’ll often drive substantial product features as the key developer alongside an architect, backend developer or analyst.

Mentor and support junior engineers , leading by example in design reviews and pair programming. You will offer constructive feedback that helps others grow, fostering a thoughtful, kind, and continuously learning team culture.

Champion best practices in quality, security, and operations , including CI/CD, monitoring, and privacy compliance

Example Projects You May Join:

Build an AI-powered healthcare platform to help detect diseases earlier.

Whatever the challenge, you’ll be building software that changes lives and moves industries forward.

You make your first meaningful contribution to the project

You have shipped code in Production, clean, tested

You help others by sharing knowledge, spotting problems early, and improving processes or tooling.

You make decisions with both the data/codebase and business goals in mind.

Evaluating results (what you’ve shipped)

Quality and reliability of your designs.

7+ years experience in database engineering or administration

Deep expertise in SQL , relational databases, data modeling, and transactional design

Hands‑on experience with ETL pipelines and data warehouses , optimizing data flows across systems A quality mindset : unit tests, integration tests, automation, defensive programming

Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.

Bonus points for

Proven leadership in data architecture across multiple projects or business domains

Deep understanding of database internals and how data systems work under the hood

Experience with large‑scale systems or high-volume datasets, with a focus on performance and scalability

Clear, structured communication and excellence in design documentation

Remote‑First, Office Friendly: Work from wherever you’re most productive - whether that’s your home, a co‑working space, or one of our offices. We’re a remote‑first company, but if you’re near an office, you’re welcome to drop in, collaborate in person, or work onsite regularly.

An Outstanding Team: Talented, kind, and hard‑working people who care deeply about their craft - and about each other. No politics.

Growth: You’ll be supported in growing your craft, exploring new paths, and stepping into greater responsibility - at your own pace

Just high‑quality work, delivered sustainably.

Yet every project brings a fresh challenge. You prefer well defined structure. We’re obsessed with quality and believe in continuous improvement. Priorities shift. Our hiring process is structured as a sequence of steps. This helps us stay focused, fair, and respectful of everyone’s time.

GitHub/ Code snippets, portfolio, architecture /design docs, blog posts, or anything that shows us how you think and build

If you’re sharing team projects, let us know what your specific contributions were.

We review every application with care. A structured discussion with our People Experience team to delve into your career trajectory, motivations, and alignment with Lateral's values.

Discussion about our company culture, availability, compensation and other logistics A collaborative session with our engineering team, focusing on real‑world scenarios relevant to the role.

Be prepared to discuss in depth past projects and the technologies used.

Understand your approach to prioritizing, collaborating, shipping, and iterating.

Pick 1-2 meaningful projects you l

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