Senior Database Engineer, Talon.One
PostgreSQL
Marketing software for promotions & loyalty programs
Job no longer available
Marketing software for promotions & loyalty programs
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
201-500 employees
Company mission
To streamline the process for brands to run and scale their incentive campaigns.
Role
Who you are
- 4+ years of hands-on experience in database administration, ideally with PostgreSQL in a production environment
- Solid understanding of relational database internals, query planning, indexing, auto-vacuum and performance optimization
- Familiarity with PostgreSQL clustering, replication, partitioning, and backup strategies
- Familiarity with monitoring tools and techniques (e.g., pg_stat_statements, pg_stat_monitor, Prometheus, Grafana, or similar)
- Experience working in high-availability and high-traffic environments
- Understanding of database security best practices
- Proficiency in writing and optimizing SQL; familiarity with procedural languages (e.g., PL/pgSQL) is a plus
- Comfortable working with containerized infrastructure (e.g., Kubernetes) and cloud platforms (e.g., Google Cloud)
- Familiarity with version-controlled schema migrations and IaC tools like Terraform is a plus
- Background in Backend Engineering is a plus, especially experience working closely with developers to design performant, scalable data models
- Strong collaboration skills and the ability to communicate effectively with engineers and product stakeholders
- Team-first mindset; mentoring others and learning from peers comes naturally to you
What the job involves
- As we continue to scale, we’re looking for a (Senior) Database Engineer to join our engineering organization
- In this role, you’ll work closely with backend engineers, DevOps, and product teams to ensure that our database systems are fast, healthy, and future-proof
- Your work will directly impact our platform’s performance and scalability, and the experience of millions of users across the globe
- We prefer candidates who are based in Berlin or open to relocating
- Collaborate with engineers from various teams to ensure our PostgreSQL infrastructure supports the needs of our real-time, fast-scaling platform
- Monitor, maintain, and improve the performance, reliability, and security of our production databases
- Come up with strategies to fine-tune auto-vacuum at scale
- Design, optimize, and review database schemas, queries, and indexing strategies, striving for integrity and performance
- Proactively identify and address database bottlenecks or inefficiencies
- Work closely with Backend Engineers to help them arrive at optimal data modeling for performance-sensitive features
- Maintain and enhance observability and monitoring tools for our data layer
- Contribute to documentation, standards, and best practices around database management and data architecture
Our take
Talon.one initiates and automates loyalty programs and discount campaigns for product-oriented businesses. Its varied product service includes coupon, referral, gift card, and loyalty software as well as product bundles and wallet solutions.
Paradoxical to its mission to create developer-free promotion tools for companies, Talon.one was actually founded by several software developers. In 2022, the company partnered with Big Commerce to offer promotion engine features to Jimmy Brings, an Australian alcohol delivery company, highlighting its integration capabilities as it had to collaborate effectively with various software companies.
Talon.one's offering has a lot of potential, which hasn't gone unnoticed, and its secured a hard-hitting client list that includes Mercedes, Delivery Hero and Adidas. It also raised some serious growth funding in 2025 which puts it in a great position as it eyes thoughtful and sustainable long-term growth.
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Insights
7% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Jul 2025
$135m
LATE VC
Dec 2018
$3.5m
SERIES A
Total funding: $138.5m
Company HQ
Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany
Leadership
Christoph Gerber
(CEO & Co-founder)Currently Shareholder at adjust.com, AirHelp and Customer Alliance.
Sebastian Haas
(COO & Co-founder)Previously Founder of RapidApe, Marketing Consultant at Team Europe Ventures, and CMO at Surprise Internet GmbH.
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