ABOUT US
Xsolla is a global commerce company with robust tools and services to help developers solve the inherent challenges of the video game industry. From indie to AAA, companies partner with Xsolla to help them fund, distribute, market, and monetize their games. Grounded in the belief in the future of video games, Xsolla is resolute in the mission to bring opportunities together, and continually make new resources available to creators. Headquartered and incorporated in Los Angeles, California, Xsolla operates as the merchant of record and has helped over 1,500+ game developers to reach more players and grow their businesses around the world. With more paths to profits and ways to win, developers have all the things needed to enjoy the game.
The ideal candidate will be responsible for managing RDBMS and NoSQL solutions, optimizing performance, implementing replication and high availability, and providing support to development teams.
Qualifications
5+ years of experience as a Database Administrator
Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Technology, or a related field of study
Expert-level experience with at least one of MySQL, PostgreSQL
Familiarity with other RDBMS or NoSQL solutions
Strong knowledge of SQL (DDL, DML, DCL)
Experience with AWS or GCP cloud platforms
Proficiency in Linux
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to convey technical information to non-technical stakeholders
Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
English language proficiency at B2 level or higher
A plus if:
Experience in scripting, automation, and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools (e.g., Terraform, Puppet, Bash/Python)
Team management experience
Familiarity with observability tools like Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, or Zabbix
Responsibilities
Manage RDBMS and NoSQL solutions
Ensure database performance, scalability, high availability, and disaster recovery across environments deployed on bare-metal servers and virtual machines
Implement and manage replication сhains, partitioning / sharding, backups
Assist development teams in creating, optimizing, and problem solving with RDBMS and NoSQL solutions
Troubleshooting
Drive automation using Terraform, Puppet, and custom tooling for infrastructure and database lifecycle management
