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Noom is on a mission to help people live better, longer. We’re a consumer-led digital health company, connecting people to content, coaching, community, and clinicians, to build lasting habits and live healthier lives. We’re a high-growth organization powered by science, technology, and world-class talent. When you join Noom, on any team, whether fully-remote or in one of our offices, you’ll see the impact of your work on the world.

Noom's Technology team builds and maintains the scalable, secure systems that power our platform and drive meaningful outcomes for millions of users. We partner closely across disciplines to ensure our architecture supports innovation, performance, and reliability as we grow.

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The Role

As we continue to grow, we’re seeking a Database Administrator to help lead the design, performance, and scalability of our data infrastructure. You’ll be responsible for ensuring our PostgreSQL, MySQL, and DynamoDB systems are reliable, performant, and aligned with our long-term technical strategy.

You Will

• Own and maintain AWS-hosted PostgreSQL, MySQL, and DynamoDB instances
• Help lead schema migration strategy and tooling to enable robust, zero-downtime deployments
• Perform and automate database patching, upgrades, and backups
• Optimize query performance, indexing, and configuration tuning
• Troubleshoot production issues related to slow queries, locks, or storage bloat
• Advise developers on efficient database access patterns
• Architect scalable and fault-tolerant database solutions, including replication, sharding, partitioning, and failover strategies
• Plan and manage data growth and capacity needs
• Maintain and enhance internal schema migration tools (e.g., Flyway, Sqitch, Liquibase, or custom)
• Improve database observability and integrate with CI/CD pipelines

• 4 - 6 years of hands-on experience with PostgreSQL in production environments
• Expertise with AWS database services (RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB)
• Strong skills in SQL performance tuning and execution plan analysis
• Experience with schema migration tools and CI/CD integration
• Familiarity with monitoring tools like Datadog, Prometheus, or Cloud Watch
• Bonus:
  
  Experience with DynamoDB design principles, IaC tools (e.g., Terraform), database security best practices, and event-driven architectures

• Play a key role in scaling the data infrastructure of a mission-driven health tech company
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver impact at scale
• Work with modern cloud-native technologies in a high-growth environment
• Be part of a passionate, supportive team that values innovation and autonomy

• The US base salary range for this full-time position is $102,
• The range displayed on each job posting is based on Noom’s estimate as of the date of publication and reflects the minimum and maximum target for the position for US-based candidates. The actual placement of the candidate within the range is based on factors including (but not limited to) relevant experience and training, assessment of functional skills and behavioral competencies, role scope, and location.
  
  This range is not inclusive of any discretionary bonus or equity package.

• Noom offers a comprehensive and generous total rewards package. This generally includes a discretionary performance-based bonus, stock awards, healthcare, disability & retirement benefits, paid holidays and paid leave, and various wellness programs, etc.

• This position is a hybrid role, with 2 days a week (Wed/Thurs) on-site required in our Princeton, NJ office