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Contract: Senior Database Automation Engineer (LATAM)

📍 Location
Brazil, Brazil
⏰ Job Type
Full-time
📅 Posted
June 05, 2026
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Job Description

Join Upwork's Data Infrastructure team within the Data Platform Services (DPS) organization, responsible for designing, operating, and automating all database systems (Postgres, MySQL, DynamoDB, MongoDB) across Upwork’s global infrastructure. This role combines database engineering expertise with software development rigor to build mission-critical automations for Upwork’s core data assets.

You’ll orchestrate complex systems spanning Terraform, RDS, Presto, and Rancher to solve challenges like:

  • Zero-downtime migrations and cross-region replication

  • End-to-end database provisioning (infrastructure deployment, user/access configuration, service integration)

  • Vulnerability management and security hardening at scale

  • Incident response for high-severity database alerts (24/7 on-call rotation) 
  • Key Responsibilities:

  • Design and implement Python-based automation frameworks (not scripts) for database lifecycle ma...
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