Senior Database Engineer

Blip is a leading tech company focused on software engineering solutions for sports entertainment.

We operate at scale. As part of Flutter Entertainment we play an essential role in the Groups goal of becoming the global leader in online sports betting and iGaming developing innovative products and platforms for over 14 million monthly customers worldwide.

We are serious about Tech. We are problem-solvers with big ambitions keeping a people-first mindset at the core of our work. We prioritize flexibility as we strive to deliver the best technological products and tackle the greatest industry challenges.

Recognizing that everyone brings their own strengths backgrounds and new perspectives we empower you to be yourself. That uniqueness shapes the culture of belonging we are so proud of.

The Role...

As a Senior Database Engineer at Fanduel you will work with our delivery teams to provide expert technical guidance and implement robust and scalable data solutions.

You will implement solutions to complex business problems while assuring availability and performance. You will provide ongoing consultation and advice to stakeholders about roadmap features and will drive database engineering while adhering to development best practices.

What Youll be Doing...

As a team player in an our team working together to keep delivering at pace scale and with demanded quality to support our products you will be able to:

• Work within a cross-functional teams (DevOps Networking) to develop robust and scalable database systems.
• Analyse evaluate and optimise database performance by monitoring resources identifying and resolving bottlenecks and fine-tuning queries.
• Implementing best practices for indexing partitioning and caching to optimise system performance;
• Collaborate with cross-functional cross-divisional teams.
• Ensure proper data governance e.g. SOX compliance and security policies are adhered to during design and implementation.
• Understand complex business flows and how they map to underlying data stores;
• Propose milestones and roadmap plans to enable timely delivery;
• Collaborate with software engineers and architects to ensure seamless integrations of applications and databases;
• Coach and mentor other engineers to implement high-quality solutions;
• Be able to leverage the above expertise to support other teams in your function so that we deliver the best product to our customers.
• Participate in on-call support rotation.

We hope you have

• At least 5 years experience as a Database Engineer or similar role.
• In-depth knowledge of both SQL and NoSQL database technologies.
• Expertise in Elasticsearch is required as well as a background in one of more of the following (PostgreSQL Cassandra MySQL).
• Design and implement scalable Elasticsearch clusters to support high-traffic data-intensive applications.
• Monitor troubleshoot and tune Elasticsearch performance including query optimization shard management and cluster scaling
• Develop and maintain indexing strategies mappings and search schemas that optimize performance.
• Ensure data security and compliance by managing access control encryption and data retention policies.
• Evaluate and implement new technologies and best practices to enhance data reliability and scalability.
• Background in data modelling database design and performance optimization.
• Proficient in SQL; Scripting ability in Python Bash; Java/Scala programming ability desirable.
• Knowledge of AWS technologies: EC2 instance types Storage Options aws-cli Route 53
• Well versed in the Linux Operating System: Tuning of databases as affected by storage memory and network configuration.
• Ability to define and implement replication and redundancy policies.
  Experience working with a high concurrency/transactional/available systems.
• Experience working with DevOps tools i.e. Terraform ansible Jenkins

Wed Like You To Master In...

• You have strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate effectively with technical non-technical stakeholders;
• You are proactive and self-motivated with the ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities within deadlines;
• You are objective impartial and unbiased ensuring equal treatment for all and that decisions taken are based on objective criteria;
• You value opposing perspectives on an issue and can adapt your approach to achieve a successful outcome;
• You work towards creating an organisation that is an attractive place to work

This is what you should have. What do we have you ask can check our amazing perks & benefits right here !

So ... are you in

Equal opportunities...

At Blip we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We strongly encourage people from all backgrounds ways of thinking and working to apply.

We are committed to including everyone regardless of their race disability age gender identity sexual orientation and religion.

Everyone brings different perspectives and experiences; you dont have to meet all the requirements listed to apply for this role.

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