Senior Software Engineer - Database Platforms

Bloomberg is building out Database Engineering in Dublin. Our team provides Bloomberg’s internal database-as-a-service platform across PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, and SQL Server, managing 100K+ databases globally.

We are modernizing this platform around self-service, resilience, compliance, security, and performance. The Oracle Infrastructure team owns the Oracle capabilities within the broader DBaaS platform, building the services, APIs, automation, and operational tooling that help Bloomberg engineers deploy and operate Oracle-backed systems safely at scale.

You are a senior software engineer who enjoys building infrastructure platforms, automation, and self-service tools. You are comfortable working across software, database, and infrastructure layers, and you care about reducing operational toil while improving reliability. You are not a traditional DBA, but you should have strong relational database experience and an interest in Oracle database performance, automation, and high availability.

We’ll Trust You To

• Build backend services, APIs, and automation for Bloomberg’s Oracle DBaaS platform.

• Create self-service workflows for configuration, patching, deployment, and lifecycle management.

• Improve Oracle observability, telemetry, alerting, high availability, and disaster recovery tooling.

• Debug production issues across application, database, and infrastructure layers.

• Partner with engineering teams to improve database design, performance, reliability, and production readiness.

• Help shape the Dublin presence for a global Database Engineering platform team.

You Need To Have

• 4+ years of software engineering experience using Java, Python, or similar languages.

• Experience building services, automation, or operational tooling for relational database-backed systems.

• Strong understanding of relational database concepts.

• Experience automating infrastructure or production workflows.

• Strong communication skills and a relevant technical degree or equivalent experience.

We’d Love To See

• Oracle production experience, including performance tuning, execution plans, wait events, Data Guard, ASM, RMAN, backup/recovery, or patching.

• Experience building platform services, distributed systems, internal developer platforms, or DBaaS-style infrastructure.

• Familiarity with Kubernetes, containers, orchestration, observability, SLOs, or configuration management.

• Experience across PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server, or similar database technologies.

If indicated, please note that years of experience are a guide; we will consider applications from all candidates who can demonstrate the skills necessary for the role.

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