Database Engineer

Intrepid Studios is looking for a highly motivated and talented Database Engineer to join our platform development team, here in beautiful Southern California.
This is a great opportunity to unleash your true potential.
You will be responsible for building and deploying a robust, scalable database architecture for our next generation MMORPG, Ashes of Creation.
In this role you will be responsible for performing Database Engineering duties, including, but not limited to, the following: analyzing data models to maximize scalability and performance; evaluating/implementing/testing/maintaining different database technologies; deploying cloud database solutions; migrating databases; identifying and troubleshooting database performance issues; testing capacity and scalability; designing security measures and strategies for enterprise databases; setting standards for database operations; automating database operations; maintaining/tuning production databases.
Responsibilities Build, deploy, maintain, and optimize mission-critical production database systems.
Recommend improvements to existing and proposed data models and access controls.
Analyze end-to-end usage scenarios, from game code to the storage layer.
Manage data and schema migrations in development and production.
Implement security best practices and procedures.
Document, manage, and normalize legacy data and suggest improvements.
Manage SQL databases, NoSQL databases and in-memory key-value stores.
Evaluate caching strategies for enhancing database performance and scalability.
Leverage coding/scripting skills to automate tasks and improve analysis and monitoring.
Implement and test high availability scaling, backups, and disaster recovery processes.
Configure metrics, monitoring, and alerting for database operations.
Ensure compliance with PII, CCPA, GDPR, PCI, etc requirements.
Required Qualifications BS or MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
5+ years as a DBA, Database Engineer, or equivalent role.
3+ years experience engineering, administering and managing multiple NoSQL and/or SQL databases, preferably MongoDB and CockroachDB.
2+ years of experience with cloud platforms such as AWS and GCP.
3+ years of experience with at least one scripting language (Shell, PowerShell, Python, etc).
Deep understanding of database internals and best practices.
Experience managing production database downtimes, upgrades, and rollbacks.
Additional Desirable Experience Game industry experience, specifically with deploying production game databases at scale.
Experience deploying databases within a Kubernetes environment.
Experience with complex cross-table and cross-database transactional locking strategies.
Experience with sharding large database systems at scale.
Experience with database triggers and associated code execution.
Experience with flat file databases and data warehouses/lakes.
Experience with database analysis and testing tools.
Experience with Linux and containerized environments (Docker).
Required Application Materials: Resume & Portfolio Cover Letter which should include: Relevant information about yourself that goes beyond your resume Why you are interested in working at Intrepid What games you are currently playing What We Offer: Medical health benefits covered 100% for employee & dependents Paid vacation & Sick days Company Bonus’ Company matched 401k Fun & creative environment Healthy work life balance Free onsite gym Interview Overview: Below you'll find an outline of the interview plan for this role.
Please note that while this is what we expect the process to look like; we may ask you for supplemental information or require an additional step before making a final decision.
30 min interview with a member of our Talent Team 60 min interview with the hiring manager Final interview with the executive team References calls & a background check The Legal Bits: We offer competitive pay based on market standards plus a significant annual bonus structure.
The base salary for this role is between $98,000 - $137,200, depending on skills and experience.
Individual compensation decisions are based on a number of factors, including experience level, skillset, and balancing internal equity relative to peers at the company.
We expect the majority of the candidates who are offered roles at our company to fall throughout the range based on these factors.
Job descriptions are not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that may be required of the employee.
We encourage individuals from all backgrounds, including race, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, to apply for positions.
We are an equal opportunity employer and we're committed to a fair and consistent interview process and employer experience.
About Us: Founded in 2015, Intrepid Studios is the independent developer and publisher of the upcoming and Most Anticipated MMORPG, Ashes of Creation.
Based in beautiful Southern California, Intrepid has assembled a veteran AAA team of tremendous talent and experience in the MMORPG industry.
The gaming industry can be a turbulent storm of hiring cycles and layoffs.
We’ve set out to do something different, to break this cycle and create an independent studio capable of withstanding the chaos of this industry.
We’ve brought on-board a team of professionals that hold a diverse set of skills, and who all share a singular goal: making fun games.
The studio is designed to be an open place for collaboration and communication, a place that is conducive to team building and success.
Our goal is to build a family that will laugh together, play together, succeed together, and stay together.
All posted positions are full-time with generous medical benefit options covered 100% by employer for employees and dependents plus paid vacation & sick days, and 401k with matching.
We're proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.
We are committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment.
All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate.
Intrepid Studios will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.
Applicants of all ages, identities, and backgrounds are encouraged to apply.
Intrepid Studios will provide reasonable accommodation to employees who have protected disabilities consistent with local law.
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