Senior Database Engineer

theScore; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Database Engineer to join their dynamic Engineering team. This role offers the opportunity to work with cutting-edge cloud technologies in AWS and GCP, focusing on optimizing database performance and availability. As part of a collaborative Site Reliability Engineering team, you will tackle database production issues and implement improvements to ensure resilience. If you're passionate about database architecture and eager to grow in a supportive environment, this position is perfect for you. Join a company that values innovation and offers a fun, relaxed work atmosphere while driving the future of gaming and entertainment.

Benefits

Competitive compensation package

Fun, relaxed work environment

Education and conference reimbursements

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on Database Engineering, with a focus on Postgres.
• Experience in cloud environments like AWS or GCP is essential.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and improve database architectures for performance and availability.
• Respond to database outages and manage replication between databases.

Skills

Database Engineering

Postgres

AWS

GCP

Python

Go

Terraform

DevOps Principles

Tools

Kafka

GitOps

Job description

PENN Entertainment, Inc. is North America’s leading provider of integrated entertainment, sports content, and casino gaming experiences. From casinos and racetracks to online gaming, sports betting and entertainment content, we deliver the experiences people want, how and where they want them.

We’re always on the lookout for those who are passionate about creating and delivering cutting-edge online gaming and sports media products. Whether it’s through ESPN BET, Hollywood Casino, theScore Bet Sportsbook & Casino, or theScore media app, we’re excited to push the boundaries of what’s possible. These state-of-the-art platforms are powered by proprietary in-house technology, a key component of PENN’s omnichannel gaming and entertainment strategy.

When you join PENN Entertainment’s digital team, you’ll not only work on these cutting-edge platforms through theScore and PENN Interactive, but you’ll also be part of a company that truly cares about your career growth. We’re committed to supporting you as you expand your skills and explore new opportunities.

With locations throughout North America, you can build a future at PENN Entertainment wherever you are. If you want to challenge conventions in gaming, media and entertainment, we want to talk to you.

About the Role & Team

We are looking for a Senior Database Engineer to join our thriving Engineering team, to work cross-functionally across engineering, focusing on the architecture for optimal platform performance and be at the front lines, designing/administering databases, tackling database production issues and utilizing the latest and greatest cloud technologies. We’re looking for excited individuals who want to be immersed in our Cloud Native (K8) platforms in AWS and GCP. Using DevOps principles and orchestration with a focus on availability, reliability and durability.

About the Work

As a key member of our Site Reliability Engineering team, you will:

• Evaluate current database architectures and suggest improvements to maintain performance and availability.
• Work within agile scrum & kanban to foster Engineering and support efforts.
• Respond to database outages, helping triage, and remediating any database-related issues.
• Evaluate database schemas, partitions, views and queries, implementing changes to increase database performance.
• Manage and maintain replication between databases, ensuring resilience and the ability to recover from faults.
• Make product choice decisions, design methods, and model for AWS and GCP database direction.
• Support our business continuity plan, backups, compute, network and storage development, using Terraform to automate deployment/creation leveraging GitOps.
• Build and develop a common database design architecture that can be easily replicated for new database installations.
• Have experience with Postgres, Kafka (other distributed event streaming systems), ETLs and CDC.
• Perform other duties as required.

About You

• 5+ years of hands-on Database Engineering (Postgres preferred).
• 5+ years working within an AWS or GCP cloud environment.
• 2+ years of high-level programming experience in Python or Go.
• Strong database architecture experience.
• Experience working with applications requiring compliance audits.
• Experience with production support issues, and how to remediate in a timely manner.
• Experience building infrastructure as code via IaC (preferably Terraform).

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation package.
• Fun, relaxed work environment.
• Education and conference reimbursements.

theScore is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability or age.

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