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Accurate Background is a leading provider of employment background screening services, offering a wide range of solutions that include employee screening, criminal background checks, credit checks, driving history, drug and health screening, global searches, and identity management. The company aims to streamline the background check process for organizations, both large and small, enhancing efficiency and compliance. 

With over 25 years of experience, Accurate Background provides enterprise-level screening solutions tailored to various industries such as healthcare, retail, finance, and gig marketplaces. The company utilizes advanced technology and an API for seamless integration, ensuring compliance with local data and privacy regulations around the globe. 

Accurate Background is privately owned and operates with a global presence, serving more than 16,000 customers worldwide and conducting over 60 million searches annually. 

Background Checks • Drug Testing • Compliance Consultation • Criminal Searches • Credit Reports


1001 - 5000 employees

📋 Compliance

👥 HR Tech

☁️ SaaS

💰 Private Equity Round on 2020-02

Database Engineering Architect
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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $120k - $180k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

🔙 Backend Engineer

🦅 H1B Visa Sponsor

AWS

Cloud

DynamoDB

EC2

Kubernetes

MongoDB

MS SQL Server

MySQL

Prometheus

SQL

Terraform

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📋 Description
• We are seeking a Database Engineering Architect to lead the transformation of our legacy database operations into a cloud-first, secure, cost-optimized, and highly available database platform.
• This leader will be responsible for building and scaling a high-performance database engineering team supporting Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, and MongoDB in AWS.
• You will collaborate daily with our Cloud Infrastructure team, Software Engineering teams, and Enterprise Architects to architect, build, optimize, and operate world-class database solutions.
• This is a critical, hands-on leadership position that requires technical expertise, team-building skills, strategic thinking, and operational excellence.
• Accurate Background is a fast-growing organization, focused on providing employment background screenings and building trustful relationships with our clients.
• Accurate Background continues to exceed expectations by offering an array of innovative and cutting-edge background check and credentialing products to meet the needs of human resource, loss prevention, and security/legal professionals in employment screening and vendor certification.
• We offer a fun, fast-paced environment, with lots of room for growth. If this sounds good to you, join our team!

🎯 Requirements
• 10+ years of progressive experience in database engineering or database administration with 3+ years leading and managing database engineering teams.
• Hands-on experience running MSSQL, MySQL, and MongoDB workloads in AWS at scale.
• Expertise in cloud-native database architectures, including managed services like RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB, and/or self-managed clusters on EC2/Kubernetes.
• Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure principles (VPC, IAM, security groups, encryption, multi-AZ deployments).
• Proven success transforming legacy database operations into cloud-optimized, automated environments.
• Deep knowledge of high availability (HA), disaster recovery (DR) strategies, cost optimization, and backup/restore methodologies for databases.
• Practical experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Excellent leadership skills: recruiting, coaching, developing talent, and creating high-trust teams.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills — able to work cross-functionally and align technical solutions to business goals.
• Ability to work with team members from around the globe/experience working with offshore models

🏖️ Benefits
• The Company offers a full range of benefits, including medical, dental, and 401k.

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