Senior Database Engineer

Century Games; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Century Games is seeking a Senior Database Engineer to oversee planning, deployment, monitoring, maintenance, and performance optimization of production databases. The role focuses on data compliance, standards, and incident responsiveness.

You will collaborate with R&D on SQL reviews, query optimization, and database usage guidelines, ensuring robust data governance and reliable operations across platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in CS or related field; 5+ years in database roles.
• Experience with MySQL and Redis; proficient in SQL standards.
• Ability to diagnose and tune performance; strong change control mindset.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

5+ years experience

MySQL

Redis

SQL

Cloud platforms (AWS, GCP)

Performance tuning

On-call duties

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or related field

Tools

MySQL

Redis

AWS

Google Cloud

Job description

Senior Database 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.

Thank you for your time.