Database Engineer

Our Story

Hello there. We’re Zopa.

We started our journey back in 2005, building the first ever peer-to-peer lending company. Fast forward to 2020 and we launched Zopa Bank. A bank that listens to what our customers don’t like about finance and does the opposite. We’re redefining what it feels like to work in finance. Our vision for a new era of banking puts people front and centre — we’ve built a business that empowers everyone to aim high, every day, to move finance forward. Find out more about our fantastic offerings at Zopa.com !

We’re incredibly proud of our achievements and none of it would be possible without the amazing team here. It’s not just industry awards we’re winning, we’ve also been named in the top three UK’s Most Loved Workplaces.

If you embrace unconventional challenges, are unafraid to think differently and are driven to make an outsized impact, you’ll thrive here at Zopa, so join us, and make it count. Want to see us in action? Follow us on Instagram @zopalife

The Team

This is an exciting opportunity for a Database Engineer with administration and development skills to join a small and friendly team of Database Engineers responsible for managing business critical databases hosted in AWS. The Database Administration (DBA) team is committed to ensuring optimal system performance, reliability, data integrity, and security, while maintaining 24/7 availability of customer data across diverse database platforms.

Some of the tech stack you will be working with includes: AWS RDS Aurora Postgres, AWS RDS MySQL, SQL Server hosted on AWS EC2, WSFC, AlwaysOn, RedGate tools, Terraform, Jira just to name a few.

Our mission is to proactively maintain and monitor the database systems, pre-empting potential issues and guaranteeing 99.99 % availability year-round. We are dedicated to promptly addressing stakeholders' support requests, ensuring uninterrupted access to critical data. Additionally, we are committed to fostering innovation within our DBA practices, continuously seeking, and implementing automation tools to enhance efficiency and quality.

A Day In The Life

• You will be reporting into the Head of Data Platforms
• You'll be providing standard database maintenance and administration tasks while working closely with Senior Database Engineers to maintain database systems
• You'll perform all kind of BAU activities independently, and support database team stakeholders
• You'll working closely with platform and development teams to make sure we get the best performance from our database systems
• This role will require on-call participation on a rota basis

About You

• Cloud IaaS and PaaS knowledge and experience with AWS services - RDS, EC2, IAM, S3, DMS, CloudWatch, Lambda
• Knowledge and experience managing Aurora PostgreSQL, SQL Server and MySQL databases
• The ability write and execute SQL scripts in Production
• Respond to a variety of database related requests on a daily basis
• Show a willingness to learn about latest cloud & AI technologies in the database space
• Maintain a consistently high level of service delivery for incidents, requests and changes
• The ability to prioritise projects and tasks

Added Bonus

• Experience with WSFC & SQL Server AlwaysOn availability groups
• Knowledge of Postgres Logical replication and extensions
• Previous experience using AI
• Experience with terraform
• Supported Redshift cluster databases
• Worked with DB monitoring tools – Redgate Monitor
• Worked with personal data in a regulated company
• Hold AWS or Azure certificates

We're on the move!

Towards the end of 2025 Zopa will be relocating to a brand-new headquarters at 20 Water Street in Canary Wharf. The 44,000 square foot workspace will foster collaboration and inspire creativity for our 900 employees amidst our 2025 growth blitz.

At Zopa we value flexible ways of working.

We value face-to-face collaboration and a good work-life balance. This hybrid role requires you to come to our London office 2-3 days a week.

You'll also have the option of working from abroad for up to 120 days a year!* But no matter where you are, we’ll make sure you’ve got everything you need to thrive, both in your work and home life, from day one.

• Subject to having the right to work in the country of choice

Diversity Statement

Zopa is proud to offer a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds leads to better products for our customers and a unique company culture for our people. We are made up of nearly 50 nationalities, have a DE&I forum made up of Zopians wanting to make a difference and we are proud of our culture where everyone can bring their full self to work. Our approach to DE&I is reflected in our hiring process so please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments.