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Noom · 2 months ago

Senior Database Administrator

positionPrinceton, New Jersey, United States
timeFull-time
remoteHybrid
seniorityMid, Senior Level
money$117K/yr - $159K/yr
date6+ years exp

Noom is a consumer-led digital health company on a mission to help people live better, longer. They are seeking a Senior Database Administrator to lead the design, performance, and scalability of their data infrastructure, ensuring the reliability and performance of their database systems.

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Responsibilities

Own and maintain AWS-hosted PostgreSQL, MySQL, and DynamoDB instances
Help lead schema migration strategy and tooling to enable robust, zero-downtime deployments
Perform and automate database patching, upgrades, and backups
Optimize query performance, indexing, and configuration tuning
Troubleshoot production issues related to slow queries, locks, or storage bloat
Advise developers on efficient database access patterns
Architect scalable and fault-tolerant database solutions, including replication, sharding, partitioning, and failover strategies
Plan and manage data growth and capacity needs
Maintain and enhance internal schema migration tools (e.g., Flyway, Sqitch, Liquibase, or custom)
Improve database observability and integrate with CI/CD pipelines

Qualification

PostgreSQLAWS database servicesSQL performance tuningSchema migration toolsMonitoring toolsDatabase security best practicesEvent-driven architecturesIaC tools

Required

6+ years of hands-on experience with PostgreSQL in production environments
Expertise with AWS database services (RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB)
Strong skills in SQL performance tuning and execution plan analysis
Experience with schema migration tools and CI/CD integration
Familiarity with monitoring tools like Datadog, Prometheus, or CloudWatch

Preferred

Experience with DynamoDB design principles
Experience with IaC tools (e.g., Terraform)
Experience with database security best practices
Experience with event-driven architectures

Benefits

Discretionary performance-based bonus
Stock awards
Healthcare
Disability & retirement benefits
Paid holidays and paid leave
Various wellness programs

Company

Noom

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Noom is a psychology-based digital health platform used to provide intelligent nutrition and exercise coaching.
dateFounded in 2008
location
New York, New York, USA
people-size1001-5000 employees
web-link
https://www.noom.com

H1B Sponsorship

Noom has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2025 (12)
2024 (14)
2023 (7)
2022 (43)
2021 (26)
2020 (5)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$658.92M
Key Investors
Silver LakeSequoia CapitalSompo Holdings
2021-05-25Series F· $540M
2019-05-06Series E· $58M
2018-03-07Series D· $14M

Leadership Team

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Artem Petakov
Co-Founder/President
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Aaron Severs
Chief Product Officer
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