Clojure was made with databases and concurrency in mind. We've used it at previous startups, projects, and find it a productive language.

Also the clojure community is amazing. The clojurians slack is one of the most helpful communities for solving hard problems. Stopa will be giving a talk at at the conj later this year [1]

[1] https://2024.clojure-conj.org/#/speakers