Senior database administrator at Fam Bengaluru, running the PostgreSQL and NoSQL estate behind a payments app used by millions of young Indians.

This full-time Bengaluru role was posted on 12 October 2026. Fam's payments app handles UPI and FamCard transactions for a large young user base, and this role owns the databases underneath. The listing asks for 5-8 years in database administration or database reliability engineering, with at least 3 years on high-traffic customer-facing production systems, deep production PostgreSQL expertise including replication internals, tuning and upgrades, and production experience with at least two of DynamoDB, Cassandra, MongoDB and Redis.

About Fam

Fam (previously FamPay) describes itself as India's first payments app for everyone above 11. FamApp supports online and offline payments through UPI and the FamCard, with a stated mission of raising a financially aware generation and reaching 250 million+ young users in India. Per its listings, the company was founded in 2019 by IIT Roorkee alumni.

Fam is based in Bengaluru and hires across engineering, product, design, security and operations roles, per its listings. Learn more on Fam's website.

The role in plain terms

Payments databases have an unforgiving bar: correctness and availability are the product. The listing's emphasis on replication internals and tuning (rather than just operations) says this is a deep-expertise seat, not a ticket-driven DBA role. The multi-database requirement - PostgreSQL plus two NoSQL systems - reflects a real polyglot estate, so you will make storage choices per workload rather than administering one engine. At a startup of Fam's size, the senior DBA sets standards rather than inheriting them.

The team and the work

Per the listing, the estate spans PostgreSQL plus at least two of DynamoDB, Cassandra, MongoDB and Redis in production - a genuinely polyglot database landscape. The company operates consumer payments at scale in India's UPI ecosystem, which raises the stakes on backup, recovery and upgrade discipline.

What the employer asks for

These requirements are quoted from the employer's listing, kept in their exact words so eligibility details are not distorted:

5-8 years in database administration or database reliability engineering, with at least 3 years on high-traffic, customer-facing production systems .
Deep production expertise in PostgreSQL or PostgresSQL Based , including replication internals, vacuum/InnoDB tuning, and upgrades on both self-managed and RDS/Aurora .
Production experience with at least two of: DynamoDB, Cassandra, MongoDB, Redis.
Proven record of DR drills, multi-AZ/multi-region replication and restoring from backup under pressure.
Direct involvement in regulatory or third-party audits (RBI, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, SOC 2 or equivalent), including producing evidence and closing findings.
Hands-on database cost optimisation with measurable savings.
Strong SQL , query plan analysis and scripting in Python or Bash for automation.
Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform or CloudFormation) and monitoring stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, Datadog or similar).

Who this role suits

Database administrators or DBREs with 5-8 years, deep production PostgreSQL, and hands-on time with at least two of DynamoDB, Cassandra, MongoDB or Redis on high-traffic systems. Strong fit for people moving from large-company DBA teams into a high-ownership startup seat. Not for engineers whose database experience is limited to application-level ORM usage.

Practical notes

Expect deep-dive questions on replication lag, vacuum tuning, failover runbooks and upgrade strategies on live systems. A story about a production incident you owned end to end - detection through postmortem - will serve you well.

Working at Fam

Work at Fam spans consumer payments on UPI rails, card products, and the infrastructure behind a high-volume consumer fintech app.

How to apply

Apply directly on the employer's site: Senior Database Administrator at Fam. We found this listing on the Lever public postings feed (jobs.lever.co), where it was posted on 12 Oct 2026 and was still open when we checked on 30 Oct 2026. Before applying, re-read the employer's own description in full, since eligibility details, deadlines and process steps can change at any time and the employer's page is always the final word. Tailor your resume to the specific requirements above rather than sending a generic one: mirror the skills and tools the listing names where you genuinely have them. A short, specific note on why this team and this problem interest you goes further than a long generic cover letter. Never pay a fee to apply or interview; genuine employers, including this one, do not charge candidates.

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