Senior Database Administrator
Xsolla (USA), Inc., operating under the Xsolla brand, is a global video game commerce and payments company serving game developers, publishers, creators, and payment providers.
Maintainer signals as of 9/25/2026
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About Xsolla (USA), Inc.
Xsolla provides merchant-of-record and payment-processing services plus direct-to-consumer commerce, web shops, publishing and distribution tools, cloud gaming, fraud prevention, player engagement, creator monetization, and developer tooling for the video game industry. Its solutions operate across 200+ geographies with 1,000+ payment methods and are actively supported through live products, documentation, customer support, and ongoing hiring.
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About the Role
You will manage relational and NoSQL databases, improve performance and scalability, implement replication and partitioning, maintain backups and disaster recovery, troubleshoot database issues, support development teams, and automate infrastructure and database lifecycle operations.
Requirements
- 5 or more years of experience as a Database Administrator.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science Technology or a related field.
- Expert-level experience with MySQL or PostgreSQL.
- Familiarity with other RDBMS or NoSQL solutions.
- Strong SQL knowledge including DDL DML and DCL.
- Experience with AWS or GCP.
- Proficiency in Linux.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- English proficiency at B2 level or higher.
- Scripting automation and Infrastructure-as-Code experience is preferred.
- Team management experience is preferred.
- Familiarity with Datadog Prometheus Grafana or Zabbix is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Manage RDBMS and NoSQL solutions.
- Ensure database performance scalability high availability and disaster recovery.
- Operate databases across bare-metal servers and virtual machines.
- Implement replication chains partitioning sharding and backups.
- Assist development teams with database creation optimization and troubleshooting.
- Drive automation with Terraform Puppet and custom tooling.
Benefits
- 100% company-paid medical insurance
- 100% company-paid dental insurance
- 100% company-paid vision insurance
- Unlimited Flexible Time Off