Database Engineer

About Playtech   

Founded in 1999, the company has a premium listing on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange and is focused on regulated and regulating markets across its B2B business. By leveraging its proprietary technology, Playtech delivers innovative products and services to ensure a safe, engaging and entertaining gaming experience.   

As the gaming industry's leading technology company, it combines business intelligence-driven software, services, content, and platform technology to drive excellence and innovation across the sector. Read more about who we are and what we do here: www.playtechpeople.com and www.playtech.com  

Here at Playtech, we genuinely believe that people are our biggest asset. Diverse thoughts, experiences, and individual characteristics enrich our work environment and lead to better business decisions. Embracing differences and maintaining transparency in our processes is the core of Playtech's overall commitment to responsible business practices.  

Ready to level up your career?  

Our Bingo unit is looking for a proactive Database Engineer with exceptional analytical thinking and multitasking skills. 

Your influential mission. You will... 

• Support production, development, and test database environments. 
• Collaborate with the team to design, build, and scale database solutions for growth, security, and resilience. 
• Assist development and testing teams with the rollout of scheduled releases. 
• Plan, implement, and monitor database deployments and upgrades. 
• Monitor database performance and carry out performance analysis, load testing, and tuning. 
• Support Oracle-to-Postgres data migrations. 
• Develop complex queries, extract data, and create bespoke reports to support business needs. 
• Identify and implement improvements and automation across database and development processes. 
• Perform DBA-related tasks as needed to support the stability of our environments. 

Components for success. You... 

• Ideally, bring 4+ years of relevant experience as a Database Engineer or in a similar database-focused role. Strong candidates with less experience will also be considered.
• Have hands-on production database experience with Oracle and/or PostgreSQL.
• Have strong SQL skills, including experience with PL/SQL as well as shell scripting.
• Can work confidently with reporting, complex querying, data extracts, and performance troubleshooting.
• Have experience using and implementing database monitoring tools.
• Understand zero-downtime database deployments.
• Bring strong logical and analytical thinking, close attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Communicate well, work collaboratively, take initiative, and follow tasks through to completion.
• Use English confidently in day-to-day work.

You'll get extra points for... 

• Experience with other databases. 
• Familiarity with backup and recovery technologies such as RMAN and Data Guard. 

Thrive in a culture that values...  

• Taking initiative and having a confident approach in the workplace. 
• Global scope and an inclusive working environment. 
• Constant learning and development opportunities. 
• An active lifestyle and mental well-being. 
• Fun and engaging company events. 

DATABASE TEAM 
Join our experienced Postgres and Oracle database team supporting Playtech's online entertainment platform. You will maintain Production, Staging, Load Test, and Development database environments across production support, new projects, data extracts, and data migration initiatives. Experience with physical or logical data migrations is highly advantageous. Our highly transactional OLTP databases require strong performance-tuning expertise, including SQL tuning, indexing and partitioning strategies, and operating-system optimization. The team also supports critical data extracts and reports relied upon by internal and external customers in their daily work. 

Playtech is an equal opportunities employer. Our mission is to welcome everyone and create inclusive teams. We celebrate differences and encourage everyone to join us and be themselves at work.