Cloud Platform Engineer (DB Specialist)

PayPay Minato-ku, Tokyo July 29 2026
  • 💴 No salary range given
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    Partially remote
  • 🌏
    Apply from abroad
    Relocate to Japan
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    No Japanese required
    Business English
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    Intermediate level
    5+ years experience required
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About PayPay

PayPay Minato-ku, Tokyo

With over 70M million registered users (as of July 2025), PayPay is the country’s most popular mobile wallet used by approximately one out of every two smartphone users in Japan.

Key benefits

  • International engineering team
  • Incredible scale

About the position

PayPay is looking for Cloud Platform Engineers who specialize in databases at scale on mission critical systems.

Tech Stack

  • Python, Shell, Go, SQL, PL/SQL
  • Aurora, MySQL, PostgreSQL, TiDB, Redis, Valkey, DynamoDB
  • AWS
  • GitHub, Terraform, Jenkins, Ansible, Flyway
  • Victoria Metrics, Grafana, Prometheus
  • Slack, Zoom, Jira, Confluence

Responsibilities

  • Database operations, including monitoring, configuration management, upgrade, scaling, backup, and data migration.
  • Iterate on database operations to improve quality and efficiency
  • Troubleshoot stability and performance problems
  • Contribute to documentation for communicating knowledge, experience and for effective decision-making
  • Research and test new tools in database ecosystems, and adopt them in PayPay Group.

Requirements

  • More than 5 years of DBA experience with a minimum of 3 years MySQL or PostgreSQL experience.
  • More than 3 years of AWS experience in recent years
  • Hands-on experience with Infra as Code (IaC - terraform)
  • Interested in new technologies and willing to improve operational quality and efficiency
  • Familiar with shell and programming language for scripting (Python, Go,…)

Nice to haves

While not specifically required, tell us if you have any of the following.

  • Experience in automating operations related to Database or AWS.
  • Familiarity with Jenkins, Ansible, Docker, Kubernetes
  • Working experience in a full remote environment
  • Experience in operating distributed systems
  • Experience working with NoSQL such as Redis, Valkey and DynamoDB
  • Experience working with NewSQL databases (like TiDB)
  • Experience with DBs cost reduction
  • Experience with DBs Disaster Recovery strategies
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