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.

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Maintainer signals as of 9/25/2026

Sherman Oaks, California, USA
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

Responsible for managing RDBMS and NoSQL solutions, optimizing performance, implementing replication and high availability, supporting development teams, and troubleshooting database issues.

Requirements

  • 5+ 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 at least one of MySQL or PostgreSQL
  • Familiarity with other RDBMS or NoSQL solutions
  • Strong knowledge of SQL, including DDL, DML, and DCL
  • Experience with AWS or GCP cloud platforms
  • Proficiency in Linux
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
  • English proficiency at B2 level or higher
  • Experience with scripting, automation, and IaC tools is a plus
  • Team management experience is a plus
  • Familiarity with Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, or Zabbix is a plus

Responsibilities

  • Manage RDBMS and NoSQL solutions
  • Ensure database performance, scalability, high availability, and disaster recovery across bare-metal servers and virtual machines
  • Implement and manage replication chains, partitioning, sharding, and backups
  • Assist development teams with creating, optimizing, and troubleshooting RDBMS and NoSQL solutions
  • Troubleshoot database issues
  • Drive automation using Terraform, Puppet, and custom tooling for infrastructure and database lifecycle management

Benefits

  • Unlimited Flexible Time Off
  • Personalized career roadmap