Accurate Background

Database Engineering Architect

United States

Not SpecifiedCompensation
Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Background Checks & Employment ScreeningIndustries

Position Overview

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  • Job Type: Full-time
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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!

Responsibilities

  • Build and lead a high-performing, cloud-native database engineering team (hire, mentor, and develop top talent).
  • Define and drive the technical roadmap for MSSQL, MySQL, and MongoDB database services in AWS.
  • Ensure security, availability, scalability, resilience, and cost-efficiency of database platforms.
  • Partner with Cloud Infrastructure, Software Engineering, and Enterprise Architecture teams to ensure seamless database integration into cloud architectures and applications.
  • Oversee automation of database provisioning, maintenance, backups, high availability (HA), disaster recovery (DR), and scaling operations (IaC, CI/CD pipelines, etc.).
  • Define and enforce best practices for database security, monitoring, performance tuning, and compliance (e.g., encryption, access control, logging).
  • Provide hands-on support in solving complex database challenges and performance issues.
  • Lead capacity planning, budget forecasting, and vendor/license management for database platforms.
  • Foster a culture of continuous improvement and cloud-native thinking across the database organization.
  • Establish clear KPIs, SLAs, and operational excellence metrics for database services.
  • Plan and drive the decommissioning or migration of legacy database systems.

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.

Preferred Qualifications

  • AWS certifications (especially AWS Certified Database - Specialty or AWS Solutions Architect).
  • Experience with Kubernetes Operators for databases (e.g., MongoDB Atlas Operator, SQL Server HA with Kubernet

Company Information

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!

Skills

Microsoft SQL Server
MySQL
MongoDB
AWS
Database Architecture
Cloud Infrastructure
Automation
High Availability
Disaster Recovery
IaC
CI/CD
Security
Performance Optimization
Team Leadership

Accurate Background

Customized background screening and drug testing

About Accurate Background

Accurate Background specializes in providing tailored background screening, drug testing, and I-9 solutions using web-based technology. Their services are designed to meet the specific needs of human resources, talent acquisition, and loss prevention professionals, allowing for a customized approach rather than a generic solution. The company's products work by integrating seamlessly with various HR technologies and Applicant Tracking Systems, ensuring that clients can easily incorporate these services into their existing hiring processes. What sets Accurate Background apart from competitors is their focus on creating individualized screening programs and their commitment to integrity, accuracy, and timely results. The goal of Accurate Background is to empower organizations to make safer hiring decisions through comprehensive reports and user-friendly technology.

Irvine, CaliforniaHeadquarters
1997Year Founded
$4.9MTotal Funding
EARLY_VCCompany Stage
Consulting, Government & Public Sector, Enterprise SoftwareIndustries
1,001-5,000Employees

Risks

Increased competition from startups may erode Accurate Background's market share.
Rapid AI advancements in HR tech could outpace Accurate Background's current capabilities.
Multiple acquisitions may lead to integration challenges and operational inefficiencies.

Differentiation

Accurate Background offers customized screening solutions tailored to specific client needs.
The company integrates seamlessly with various HR technologies and Applicant Tracking Systems.
Accurate Background provides comprehensive reports and interactive compliance services for safer hiring.

Upsides

Acquisitions of Orange Tree and VerifyNow expand services in the healthcare sector.
Partnership with Konfir enhances employment verification processes in the UK market.
Expansion into APAC region supports localized services for regional compliance needs.

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