Gaming Innovation Group
Gaming Innovation Group
501 – 1,000 Employees
ConsultingLogisticsMarketing
Gaming Innovation Group (GiG) develops technology for the iGaming industry, serving partners in regulated markets with a broad set of digital gaming solutions. Its products include an iGaming platform, sportsbook technology, omnichannel tools, managed services, AI-driven technologies, a real-time data platform, and a rules engine for turning business logic into actionable decisions. GiG combines regulated-market expertise with a focus on responsible gaming, scalable operations, and technology-led business transformation.

Senior Database Engineer in Malta (Hybrid)

Senior Database Engineer responsible for resilient PostgreSQL and MySQL infrastructure in Malta. The role covers automation, replication, recovery, performance optimization, and critical production support.

Description

  • Build, enhance, and operate secure, fault-tolerant, highly available PostgreSQL environments on-premises and in RDS, along with MySQL platforms.
  • Create and maintain database provisioning, configuration management, and deployment pipelines with Ansible and/or Terraform.
  • Administer and resolve issues across multi-region and multi-node PostgreSQL and MySQL replication setups.
  • Tune queries, indexes, engine parameters, and schemas to improve response times and limit downtime.
  • Carry out transaction recovery procedures and disaster recovery exercises.
  • Apply standards for data backups, encryption, privacy, and database security.
  • Track infrastructure health and database performance indicators.
  • Lead capacity planning, routine maintenance, security patching, and database engine upgrades.
  • Define and document database policies, operating standards, schema architectures, and runbooks.
  • Share expertise and support the development of junior and mid-level engineers.
  • Deliver Tier 3 support for critical production environments.
  • Join a 24/7 on-call rotation as required.

Requirements

  • At least five years of hands-on production experience as a Database Engineer or Database Administrator.
  • Experience in high-throughput sectors such as i-gaming, fintech, or e-commerce is strongly preferred.
  • Advanced working knowledge of both PostgreSQL and MySQL open-source database engines.
  • Understanding of database architectures, engine-specific tuning, and troubleshooting practices.
  • Practical experience with Ansible for configuration management and orchestration.
  • Practical experience with Terraform for infrastructure provisioning.
  • Hands-on knowledge of high-availability technologies such as Patroni, PgBouncer, Galera Cluster, or MySQL InnoDB Cluster/Group Replication.
  • Demonstrated experience operating latency-sensitive, high-concurrency database environments.
  • Expertise in point-in-time recovery, logical and physical backups, security hardening, and data integrity validation.
  • Strong Bash, shell, and Python scripting skills.
  • Experience with DBA tools, frontend and backend database utilities, and monitoring platforms.

Benefits

  • Opportunities for professional growth and career progression.
  • Hybrid work arrangement.
  • International health insurance.
  • Annual health and wellbeing allowance of EUR 350.
  • Paid day off for your birthday.
  • One additional personal day off each year.

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