TL;DR

Database Engineer (iGaming): Designing, building, and scaling database solutions for high-volume, highly transactional online gaming platforms with an accent on performance tuning, security, and resilience. Focus on supporting 24/7/365 systems, optimizing SQL and database deployments, and implementing robust backup and recovery strategies.

Company

Playtech is a leading technology company in the gaming industry, providing business intelligence-driven gaming software, services, content, and platform technology to regulated and regulating markets.

What you will do

  • Actively participate in gathering and analyzing data requirements.
  • Design and implement various solutions, processes, and flows to accommodate product data needs.
  • Collaborate with team members in designing, building, and scaling database solutions for growth, security, and resilience.
  • Aid development and testing teams in the rollout of scheduled releases.
  • Plan, implement, oversee, and monitor database deployments and product data performance on the production environment.
  • Assist product business needs by extracting data routines and writing bespoke reports.
  • Analyze, design, and implement various improvements and automations to development processes.
  • Perform DBA related tasks when needed to aid the stability of environments.

Requirements

  • Hands-on development and DBA experience with Oracle and/or Postgres.
  • Experience providing hands-on support for high-volume, highly transactional, online, 24/7/365 systems.
  • Experience supporting a team of developers and understanding the development lifecycle.
  • Excellent technical and analytical troubleshooting skills.
  • Proficiency in performance analysis and tuning.
  • In-depth experience with SQL, PL/SQL/PSQL, and shell scripting.
  • Ability to utilize and implement database monitoring tools effectively.
  • Experience with zero downtime database deployments.
  • Knowledgeable in backup and recovery technologies (RMAN, Dataguard).

Nice to have

  • Experience with ClickHouse or another column-oriented database.
  • Experience with data migrations on a physical or logical level.

Culture & Benefits

  • A culture that values taking initiative and a confident approach.
  • Global scope and inclusive working environment.
  • Constant learning and development opportunities.
  • Emphasis on an active lifestyle and mental well-being.
  • Fun and engaging company events.