Razorpay: Lead Database Administrator — Bengaluru

About Razorpay

Razorpay develops financial technology for businesses accepting, processing and disbursing money. Its employer introduction describes products extending from online checkout and payments to payouts, reconciliation and payroll automation. It also discusses applying AI to payment-related workflows, fraud detection and financial information. The business focuses on the systems organisations use to move and manage funds, connecting transaction processing with the administrative and operational tasks that occur before and after a payment.

The position and its setting

Razorpay lists Lead Database Administrator in Bengaluru, under reference 4744101005. The details below separate the work described by the employer from essential conditions, preferred experience and practical preparation advice.

• Department: DevOps
• Employer listing date: 19 October 2026

Responsibilities and work described

• Quality / delivery: the reliability, performance, and scalability of our database infrastructure
• Work: closely with application teams to ship solutions that integrate seamlessly with our database systems
• Analysis: solutions and implement best practices for supported data stores (primarily MySQL and PostgreSQL)
• Development: and enforce best practices for database security, backup, and recovery
• Work: on the observability of relevant database metrics and make sure we reach our database objectives
• Delivery: database expertise to engineering teams (for example, through reviews of database migrations, queries, and performance optimizations)
• Work: with peers (DevOps, Application Engineers) to roll out changes to our production environment and help mitigate database-related production incidents
• Work: on automation of database infrastructure and help engineering succeed by providing self-service tools
• OnCall support on rotation with the team
• Support: and debug database production issues across services and levels of the stack
• Document every action so your learning turns into repeatable actions and then into automation
• Execution: regular system monitoring, troubleshooting, and capacity planning to ensure scalability
• Create and maintain documentation on database configurations, processes, and procedures

Essential requirements and candidate background

• Have at least 6+ years of experience running MySQL/PostgreSQL databases in large environments
• Awareness of cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP)
• Have knowledge of the internals of MySQL/PostgreSQL
• Knowledge: load balancing solutions such as ProxySQL to distribute database traffic efficiently across multiple servers
• Knowledge: tools and methods for monitoring database performance
• Problem-solving skills and ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Communication and collaboration skills to work effectively within cross-functional teams
• Knowledge: caching (Redis / Elasticache)
• Knowledge: scripting languages (Python)
• Knowledge: infrastructure automation (Terraform/Ansible)
• Familiarity: DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines
• Location: Bangalore
• Razorpay believes in and follows an equal employment opportunity policy that doesn't discriminate on gender, religion, sexual orientation, colour, nationality, age, etc
• We welcome interests and applications from all groups and communities across the globe
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Location, schedule and contract conditions

• Advertised location: Bengaluru

Pay and application dates

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How to apply to Razorpay

Applications follow the official employer page linked below.

Open the official Razorpay posting below and match the title and reference 4744101005.

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Practical preparation: Python

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Relevant skills

• Python
• CI/CD
• AWS
• GCP
• Google Cloud
• Terraform
• Salesforce
• AI
• payroll