About the role: Our client is an international company with a concrete, company-wide AI roadmap. Its Database Engineering team is moving from traditional DBA work to an agentic model. By 2027, every engineer is expected to design and run their own autonomous agents that handle routine database operations end-to-end. Day one is hands-on database operations using AI tooling from the command line. The long-term goal is to automate that work with agents you build yourself. Responsibilities: operate and optimize SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Oracle and Azure SQL environments in AWS and Azure (performance troubleshooting, backups, HA/DR, Always On, replication); execute daily database work through AI tools and MCP connections from the command line; design, build and deploy autonomous Python agents that automate DBA workflows with safety controls and human oversight; respond to incidents and support migrations. Requirements: 5+ years as a DBA or Database Engineer with strong SQL Server production experience; hands-on experience building LLM or agent-based automation (agents with custom tools, RAG, or MCP integrations); cloud databases on AWS and/or Azure; strong Python/scripting; solid performance troubleshooting on live systems; C1 English. Nice to have: PostgreSQL or Oracle on RDS, Azure SQL DB, MongoDB, data engineering background. Full-time contractor, 100% remote, paid in USD.
About the company: Niuro is a talent engineering company that connects top engineers and technology professionals across Latin America with leading US and global technology companies. We are hiring on behalf of an international technology company.
Work setup: 100% remote.
Duration: Ongoing full-time contract (no fixed end date).
Compensation: Fixed pay of USD 3,000 to 3,500 per month, paid in USD.
Timezone: Latin America (UTC-3 to UTC-6).
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