Database Engineer

emagine is looking for a Database Engineer consultant to support our client’s Oracle to PostgreSQL

migration. You'll spend 80% of your time actively supporting the migration and 20% reviewing our setup and recommending improvements.

Start: Latest 1st of October - 6 month initial contract with high possibility to extension

Scope: 100%,

Location: Stockholm, 2 days per week in the office

Lead and hands-on support the end-to-end migration of Oracle database services

to PostgreSQL, ensuring minimal disruption to the PAM platform.

Bridge the gap between Development Teams and the Database, turning application

requirements into practical database solutions across the migration journey.

Review and validate database schemas, configurations, and application code

changes to ensure accuracy, performance, and compatibility.

Document learnings and best practices for future migrations.

Deep experience as a PostgreSQL DBA or PostgreSQL developer. Knowledge of Oracle databases and Oracle-to-PostgreSQL datatype mappings. Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL migration projects. Ability to work independently within an established migration framework. Strong collaboration skills to work alongside database and the developer teams. Understanding Liquibase for schema versioning and migration.

Note: The applications do not contain PL/SQL code, so no PL/SQL conversion is required

as part of this engagement.

Knowledge in Java application working with Postgres. Experience working with distributed systems and event-driven architecture, ideally

with Kafka and/or Solace.

Experience with AI agents and automation in development workflows (e.g.,

Cursor/Claude agent skills)

Experience migrating high-traffic services with minimal downtime