Senior Data Engineer

century games pte. ltd.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Century Games Pte. Ltd. is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to own production databases, ensure data compliance, and drive performance improvements. You will plan deployment, monitor operations, and collaborate with the R&D team on SQL reviews and governance.

Ideal candidates have a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and 5+ years in database roles, with MySQL and Redis experience and cloud platform knowledge (AWS or Google Cloud). Strong communication and on-call readiness are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in CS or related field; 5+ years of database experience.
• Experience with MySQL and Redis; strong SQL knowledge.
• Experience with cloud database products (AWS or Google Cloud).
• Ability to diagnose and tune database performance; resolve slow queries and replication lag.
• Strong communication and cross-team collaboration; willingness for on-call duties.

Responsibilities

• Plan, deploy, monitor, maintain, and optimize production databases.
• Set standards for database changes, access controls, backups, and data compliance.
• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks and production incidents.
• Collaborate with R&D on SQL reviews and database usage guidelines.

Skills

5+ years experience in database roles

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

MySQL

Redis

SQL

AWS

Google Cloud

Job description

Senior Data Engineer

Job Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the planning, deployment, monitoring, maintenance, performance optimization, and data compliance of the company's production databases.


• Formulate and implement standards for database changes, access controls, backups, routine inspections, and emergency response; establish and enforce data compliance protocols.


• Promptly identify and resolve database performance bottlenecks, operational anomalies, and production incidents.


• Collaborate with the R&D team on SQL reviews, query optimization, and the establishment of database usage guidelines.

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or a related field; possess 5+ years of relevant experience in database-related roles; proficient in technologies related to data development, operations, and governance.


• Familiar with database or caching systems such as MySQL and Redis; proficient in one or more SQL standards; familiar with database products from at least one major cloud platform (e.g., AWS, Google Cloud).


• Capable of database performance diagnosis and tuning; able to independently resolve issues such as slow queries, lock contention, master-slave replication lag, connection anomalies, and resource bottlenecks.


• Strong awareness of risk management and change control; exercises caution and adheres to standards when operating in production environments. Highly responsible with the ability to clearly resolve production incidents.


• Solid communication skills and ability to collaborate across teams; capable of clearly explaining complex technical issues and driving their resolution. Willing to undertake necessary on-call duties and emergency incident response.