Lead Database Administrator

Razorpay is one of Indias leading full-stack financial technology companies powering the way businesses move manage and grow money. Founded in 2014 by Harshil Mathur and Shashank Kumar with a simple vision - to simplify payments for Indian businesses - weve since grown into a fintech powerhouse driving Indias digital payment revolution.

Razorpay powers millions of businesses with a smarter scalable stack that goes beyond transactions to help them truly build and grow.

From building AI-native agentic payments to AI-assisted fraud detection and real-time risk intelligence to automated reconciliation smart payouts and predictive financial insights we are embedding intelligence across our stack to make money movement faster safer and more close collaboration with ecosystem partners - including banks networks regulators - we are pioneering industry-first solutions that are shaping the next era of fintech

Across India Singapore and Malaysia our products span everything from seamless checkouts to payroll automation - powering a fintech ecosystem thats redefining how money moves across Asia.

Today that ecosystem supports everyone from early-stage startups to some of Indias largest enterprises enabling them to accept process and disburse payments at scale while expanding into new ways of managing money more efficiently.

Our scale speaks volumes: Razorpay processes $180 billion in annualized transactions powering leading businesses like Airbnb Facebook WhatsApp Airtel CRED BookmyShow Zomato Swiggy Lenskart Mirae Asset Capital markets Indian Oil National Pension Scheme - and over 100 of Indias unicorns. With strong roots in India and growing operations in Southeast Asia we are shaping the next chapter of financial technology across the region.

We are backed by global investors including GIC Peak XV Partners (formerly Sequoia Capital India & SEA) Tiger Global Ribbit Capital Matrix Partners MasterCard and Salesforce Ventures having raised over $740 million to date. Strategic acquisitions - including Ezetap (POS and offline payments) Curlec (Malaysia expansion) BillMe (digital invoicing) and POP (rewards-first UPI) - along with earlier moves in fraud prevention payroll and lending have further strengthened our platform and widened our footprint across Asia.

But what truly sets Razorpay apart is our culture. At Razorpay ownership is our oxygen - you own what you build with no micromanagement or red tape just the runway to make your ideas fly. Learning is a lifestyle - if youre curious youll feel at home here. People > Pedigree - we hire for attitude hustle and hunger more than degrees. Transparency thrives over titles - this is where interns question CXOs and CXOs say thank you. Guided by our values of Customer First Autonomy & Ownership Agility with Integrity Transparency Challenging the status quo and a strong belief that Razorpay grows with Razors youll be part of a 3000 strong team building not just products but the financial infrastructure of the future.

The Role:

A Senior Database Administrator at Razorpay is well-grounded - responsible for managing and maintaining databases. Their primary role is to ensure the integrity security and performance of the databases that store and retrieve data critical to the organizations operations. Engineering creates a significant impact across different areas considering the scale of product outreach. Youre also expected to influence the culture of the company and help shape it in the right way.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Ensure the reliability performance and scalability of our database infrastructure.
• Work closely with application teams to ship solutions that integrate seamlessly with our database systems.
• Analyze solutions and implement best practices for supported data stores (primarily MySQL and PostgreSQL).
• Develop and enforce best practices for database security backup and recovery.
• Work on the observability of relevant database metrics and make sure we reach our database objectives.
• Provide database expertise to engineering teams (for example through reviews of database migrations queries and performance optimizations).
• Work with peers (DevOps Application Engineers) to roll out changes to our production environment and help mitigate database-related production incidents.
• Work on automation of database infrastructure and help engineering succeed by providing self-service tools.
• OnCall support on rotation with the team.
• Support and debug database production issues across services and levels of the stack.
• Document every action so your learning turns into repeatable actions and then into automation.
• Perform regular system monitoring troubleshooting and capacity planning to ensure scalability.
• Create and maintain documentation on database configurations processes and procedures.

Mandatory Qualifications:

• Have at least 6 years of experience running MySQL/PostgreSQL databases in large environments.
• Awareness of cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP).
• Have knowledge of the internals of MySQL/PostgreSQL.
• Knowledge of load balancing solutions such as ProxySQL to distribute database traffic efficiently across multiple servers.
• Knowledge of tools and methods for monitoring database performance.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work effectively within cross-functional teams.
• Knowledge of caching (Redis / Elasticache)
• Knowledge of scripting languages (Python)
• Knowledge of infrastructure automation (Terraform/Ansible)
• Familiarity with DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines.

Location: Bangalore