There's a full-time Junior Database Developer opening in Ganeshguri, Guwahati, on-site, paying up to ₹39,500 a month. It's built for someone just starting out, so freshers are genuinely welcome here rather than tolerated.
The core of the job is keeping data structures healthy and queries fast, which sounds simple until you're the one responsible for it at 2 am when a report someone needs at 9 is timing out. Most days won't look like that, but it's worth knowing that side of the job exists alongside the steadier stretches of design and maintenance work.
Day to day, you'd be
- Designing and maintaining database structures for the team's applications
- Optimizing queries that are running slower than they should
- Managing backups and keeping data security practices up to standard
- Monitoring systems day-to-day so reliability issues get caught early rather than after something breaks
What you'll need coming in
A bachelor's degree covers the education side of things, whether that came from a computer science program, an IT-focused course, or something adjacent enough to have given you real grounding in the subject. No prior work experience is required for this role, so a strong academic project or personal database build counts for plenty here.
On the technical side, the team wants someone comfortable writing SQL day in and day out, who understands database design principles well enough to structure a schema without copying one from a tutorial, and who can write and troubleshoot stored procedures. Performance tuning experience, even from a class project where a query took ten seconds too long, is exactly the kind of thing worth mentioning.
Skills the role calls for
SQL, solid database design instincts, stored procedures, and performance tuning are the four things this job centers on.
Skills that would help
- Some exposure to a NoSQL system, even at a basic level
- Familiarity with a cloud database platform such as AWS RDS or Azure SQL
- Scripting ability for automating routine backup or maintenance tasks
- Comfort with a BI or reporting tool, since query results eventually need to reach someone outside the database team
Naukri Mitra sees a steady stream of applications for junior database roles in Guwahati, and candidates who bring even one of these extras tend to stand out from the pack.
Pay and location
The role pays up to ₹39,500 a month for a database developer position in Guwahati, which sits on the stronger end for freshers in this category. It's based on-site at the employer's Ganeshguri office. Candidates coming from outside the city should plan for that, since remote work isn't part of this arrangement.
What's included
- Health insurance coverage from day one
- Paid time off
- Provident fund contributions
- Relocation assistance for candidates moving to Guwahati
- Accommodation support while you settle in
None of these are unusual for a role at this level, but together they take a fair bit of the early friction out of starting a first full-time job in a new city.
Applying
Send a resume along with any database projects you've built, and mention specifically what your role was if it was a group project. Shortlisted candidates should expect a short SQL exercise as part of the process, nothing designed to trip anyone up, just enough to see how you think through a query.
