Database Platform Engineer (PostgreSQL)
Database Platform Engineer (PostgreSQL)
About Nexters
Nexters is an international game development company that strives to introduce the joy of core gaming experiences to casual players. In 2021 we went public and listed on the NASDAQ (GDEV). Nexters is part of the GDEV holding, which also includes Cubic Games, Royal Ark, Game Gears and Light Hour Games studios.
Our people work worldwide from offices in Cyprus, Armenia, and Kazakhstan or remotely. We want brilliant professionals who love building great games in a team with one of the best cultures.
About your role
At Nexters, we create games that capture the hearts of millions of users worldwide. We are seeking an experienced Database Platform Engineer with deep PostgreSQL expertise to join our Platform Team.
Our team operates in an Infrastructure-as-a-Service model, supporting multiple product units. Our goal is to build intuitive, easy-to-use self-service solutions and provide reliable, scalable, and cost-efficient database infrastructure for game product teams.
You will be responsible for developing and evolving PostgreSQL as a core infrastructure component across the company - from analyzing the current state of systems to implementing architectural changes that improve performance, reliability, scalability, and cost efficiency.
About our stack
PostgreSQL, MySQL, AWS RDS, ElastiCache, MemoryDB, Terraform, Kubernetes, GitLab CI, Bash, Python.
What you'll be doing
- Design, build, and maintain scalable and reliable database infrastructure for multiple game product teams.
- Develop and operate PostgreSQL environments, ensuring stability, performance, fault tolerance, and cost efficiency.
- Participate in architectural improvements and migrations involving both managed and self-hosted database solutions.
- Work with scaling challenges and high-load production environments.
- Analyze and optimize infrastructure costs, including evaluating trade-offs between managed and self-hosted solutions.
- Automate database operations and environment provisioning using Infrastructure as Code and scripting tools.
- Support and improve existing solutions involving PostgreSQL, MySQL, AWS RDS, ElastiCache, and MemoryDB.
- Handle incidents and complex production cases together with product and infrastructure teams.
- Collaborate closely with development teams to understand their needs and reduce the operational burden of working with data infrastructure.
- Contribute to reliability, security, and best practices across the company's database landscape.
We hope that you have
- Practical experience with automation and Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, SaltStack, or similar solutions.
- Experience running stateful services in Kubernetes environments.
- Expertise in PostgreSQL, including architecture, tuning, replication, maintenance, and operations.
- Experience as a Database Administrator, Database Reliability Engineer, or Infrastructure Engineer working with production database environments.
- Hands-on experience with cloud environments and managed database solutions
- Experience working with high-load systems and performance optimization.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and scripting using Bash or Python.
- Good understanding of the trade-offs between performance, reliability, scalability, and infrastructure cost.
- A product-minded approach: you care about usability, developer experience, and automation.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively with distributed product teams.
Nice to have
- Experience with Redis and Kafka.
- Experience migrating between managed and self-hosted database solutions.
- Experience with load testing and comparative analysis of database technologies and architectures.
What we offer
Healthcare
Medical care program (including dental service) or medical care compensation are available for you wherever you wish to work. The basic medical care program is also available for your family members if you choose to work from our official locations – Cyprus, Armenia, and Kazakhstan.
Work, life, and balance
We offer a fair amount of paid vacation days and sick leave. You can work at one of our comfortable offices in official locations or from home.
Sports
You can choose various sports activities like yoga, football, and volleyball in our official locations.
Relocation support
A relocation package is available for you if you decide to join us in one of our official locations.
Skills improvement
Let's learn languages: you can visit online English language courses. Greek and Armenian language lessons are available for everyone who works in Cyprus or Armenia. Our company encourages people of Nexters to take part in game jams, hackathons, and relevant conferences and meetups as expert speakers.
Community & ESG
We are proud of our local communities and support employees’ social initiatives. Dream big, act big: Nexters contribute to gaming's positive impact on the world, hold a sustainability strategy, and take part in charity projects all over the world.
Work format
In one of the company's offices in Cyprus, Armenia and Kazakhstan or remotely.
