Senior Lead Database Reliability Engineer
Core
Own the reliability, scalability, and operational excellence of the database infrastructure powering real-time sports betting and gaming platforms.
Role type
Senior Lead Database Reliability Engineer
Builds
Resilient, self-healing database systems and automation platforms for high-availability cloud and on-premises environments.
Domain
Sports betting and gaming / Distributed databases and Cloud Infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
Database Reliability Engineering, Kubernetes stateful workloads, Infrastructure as Code, Go/Python development, Capacity planning, Observability, Technical leadership
Preferred skills
AI tool usage for engineering productivity, Mentoring engineers, Zero downtime deployment strategies
Technologies
PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, ScyllaDB, Aerospike, Kubernetes, Terraform, Pulumi, FluxCD, ArgoCD, GKE, EKS, Go, Python
Responsibilities
Drive technical roadmap for database reliability and architecture; Design and build automation platforms using Kubernetes operators and IaC; Lead operational excellence including SLOs, monitoring, and incident resolution; Optimize database performance and cost; Partner with app teams on schema reviews and query optimization; Leverage AI for observability and code evaluation; Mentor engineers and raise team maturity.