Database Administrator - MySQL Specialist

Sporty Group; Remote; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A premier online gaming company is seeking a Database Engineer to manage and enhance its database infrastructure. Candidates should have over 4 years of experience with MySQL and MongoDB, along with hands-on expertise in AWS RDS and Redshift. This remote-first position offers a competitive salary, performance bonuses, and 28 days of paid annual leave. The ideal candidate should thrive in a fast-paced environment and be an English speaker. The role includes responsibilities such as automating deployments and optimizing database performance.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Performance-based bonuses

Paid annual leave

Top of the line equipment

Annual company retreats

Qualifications

• 4+ years experience managing advanced MySQL and MongoDB problems.
• Hands-on experience with AWS RDS and Redshift.
• Experience delivering quality documentation and operational runbooks.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of existing and new database infrastructure.
• Monitor slow queries and adjust database system capacity.
• Automate deployments and config management with Terraform.
• Develop and enhance dashboards and alert mechanisms.

Skills

MySQL

MongoDB

AWS EC2

Terraform

Python

Shell

Tools

AWS RDS

Redshift

Job description

Sporty Group

Partnered with some of the World’s greatest Champions including Real Madrid FC, Michael Essien and Eder Militao, we’re on the lookout for some Champions of our own to be a part of the 'Top Ranked Fastest Growing and Most Successful Online Gaming Brand in the World'. Home to SportyBet, SportyTV, Sporty.com, Football.com and the newly launched SportyFM, we continue to lead with innovation and exclusive sports content.

Sporty is expanding and we’re building the world’s go to platform for everyday entertainment.

About the role

With tens of millions of visitors every week, we strive to be the best in the industry for our users. You’ll be responsible for taking ownership of our existing and new database infrastructure for multiple platforms and facilitating releases into new regions. We wrote our systems from scratch about 4 years ago, so you’ll be working with the latest technology and won’t have to worry about decades old technologies. There’s also freedom to research and implement new technologies into our stack as you and the team see fit.

Our Stack

MySQL, MongoDB, AWS EC2, Cloudwatch, RDS, Redshift, Grafana, Prometheus, Terraform, Python, Shell

What you’ll be doing

• Take ownership and responsibility for our existing and new database infrastructure
• Slow query monitoring and database system capacity proactive adjustment
• Automating deployments, config management, and building infrastructure with Terraform
• Enhance our existing dashboards as well as develop new dashboards and alert mechanisms
• As we deploy into new regions you’ll be facilitating the database side
• On call responsibilities on a rotating pattern

What you’ll bring

• 4+ years experience tackling and managing advanced MySQL and MongoDB problems
• Hands on experience with AWS RDS, Redshift
• Delivering quality documentation and operational runbooks
• Open mind and willing to take on new challenges in a rapidly growing organization
• Sporty is an English speaking working environment, so we are looking for English speakers

What’s In It For You

📍 Sporty is a remote first company in pursuit of sustainability

💰 A competitive salary + individual performance based bonuses every quarter

🌴 28 days paid annual leave

⏰ Our core working hours are 10 am‑3 pm in your local time zone with flexibility outside of this

📝 Referral bonuses & flash bonuses

💻 Top of the line equipment

🌍 Annual company retreats to provide great internal networking opportunities

Interview Process

Remote video screening with our Talent Acquisition Team

Online assessment via Hackerrank

Remote video interview with Team Members (60 Mins)

Final discussion with the hiring manager (60 mins)

Personalised Support

We’re committed to making our recruitment process accessible to everyone. If you need any adjustments or accommodations during the application or interview process, please let us know.

Your Move

If you’re excited about this role, even if you don’t meet every requirement, we’d still love to hear from you. We understand candidates may hesitate to apply if they don’t meet all requirements, however your unique perspective is what helps us innovate and grow together.

If you’re interested, we encourage you to apply! Every application is reviewed by a member of our team (AI is not used in our recruitment process), and we aim to respond within 48 hours.