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From 11,224 similar postings that came down, and 26 of Playtech’s. Coming down is not always a hire.
Database Engineer
Sofia, Bulgaria
Actively hiring, first seen by us 8 days ago- Pay
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What you’ll work on
Full postingSupport production, development, and test database environments
Plan, implement, and monitor database deployments and upgrades
Monitor database performance, run load tests, and tune queries
Support Oracle-to-Postgres data migrations
Develop complex queries and bespoke reports for business needs
From the employer’s posting
Support production, development, and test database environments.
Plan, implement, and monitor database deployments and upgrades.
Monitor database performance and carry out performance analysis, load testing, and tuning.
Support Oracle-to-Postgres data migrations.
Develop complex queries, extract data, and create bespoke reports to support business needs.
What you’ll bring
All qualificationsCore experience
- About 4+ years in a database engineer or similar role (less experience considered)
- Hands-on production experience with Oracle and/or PostgreSQL
- Strong SQL skills, including PL/SQL and shell scripting
- Experience with database monitoring tools
- Understanding of zero-downtime database deployments
Qualification wording
Ideally, bring 4+ years of relevant experience as a Database Engineer or in a similar database-focused role.
Have hands-on production database experience with Oracle and/or PostgreSQL.
Have strong SQL skills, including experience with PL/SQL as well as shell scripting.
Have experience using and implementing database monitoring tools.
Understand zero-downtime database deployments.
About Playtech
Founded in 1999, the company has a premium listing on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange and is focused on regulated and regulating markets across its B2B business.
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Posting record
Report an errorActively hiringFirst seen by us 8 days ago, still listed, and not a repost of an earlier posting.
- Status in our records
- Live
- First seen by us
- Oct 28, 20268 days ago
- Recorded sightings
- 10
- Last seen by us
- Nov 5, 2026
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How this job compares
Playtech is hiring
10 open jobs
Open jobs by the week we first saw them, last 12 weeks.
- Data Engineer hiring has slowed
- Takes jobs down quickly
- 20% of open jobs were reposted
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Where the posting names them
- Have hands-on production database experience with Oracle and/or PostgreSQL. - Have strong SQL skills, including experience with PL/SQL as well as shell scripting. - Can work confidently with reporting, complex querying, data extracts, and performance troubleshooting.
DATABASE TEAM Join our experienced Postgres and Oracle database team supporting Playtech's online entertainment platform. You will maintain Production, Staging, Load Test, and Development database environments across production support, new projects, data extracts, and data migration initiatives. Experience with physical or logical data migrations is highly advantageous. Our highly transactional OLTP databases require strong performance-tuning expertise, including SQL tuning, indexing and partitioning strategies, and operating-system optimization. The team also supports critical data extracts and reports relied upon by internal and external customers in their daily work. Playtech is an equal opportunities employer. Our mission is to welcome everyone and create inclusive teams. We celebrate differences and encourage everyone to join us and be themselves at work.
- Ideally, bring 4+ years of relevant experience as a Database Engineer or in a similar database-focused role. Strong candidates with less experience will also be considered. - Have hands-on production database experience with Oracle and/or PostgreSQL. - Have strong SQL skills, including experience with PL/SQL as well as shell scripting.
- Monitor database performance and carry out performance analysis, load testing, and tuning. - Support Oracle-to-Postgres data migrations. - Develop complex queries, extract data, and create bespoke reports to support business needs.
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Demand for Data Engineer roles
New Data Engineer postings at the employers we follow are up 8% over the last 5 weeks compared with the 5 before.
Each bar is one week of new postings. The darkest bars are the last 5 weeks.
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About the role
We file this job under Data Engineer, by the work the posting describes.
Data engineers build and run the pipelines that copy data out of apps and outside services into a warehouse or lake, and fix them when a source changes or a load fails.
Expect SQL, Python, a cloud platform, a scheduler such as Airflow, and often tools for large data such as Spark or Kafka.
An analytics engineer works one step later, turning the raw data a data engineer lands into clean tables people can query.
US government figures for database architects
- Median yearly pay, May 2025
- $139,500
- Expected change, 2025 to 2035
- 9.4% more jobsagainst 3.5% for all jobs
The government has no code for data engineers, so these figures are for the closest group, database architects, which includes data integration and data warehousing specialists.
Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025) and Employment Projections (2025 to 2035). Occupation code 15-1243.
Job description
Job Description
Your influential mission. You will...
- Support production, development, and test database environments.
- Collaborate with the team to design, build, and scale database solutions for growth, security, and resilience.
- Assist development and testing teams with the rollout of scheduled releases.
- Plan, implement, and monitor database deployments and upgrades.
- Monitor database performance and carry out performance analysis, load testing, and tuning.
- Support Oracle-to-Postgres data migrations.
- Develop complex queries, extract data, and create bespoke reports to support business needs.
- Identify and implement improvements and automation across database and development processes.
- Perform DBA-related tasks as needed to support the stability of our environments.
Qualifications
Components for success. You...
- Ideally, bring 4+ years of relevant experience as a Database Engineer or in a similar database-focused role. Strong candidates with less experience will also be considered.
- Have hands-on production database experience with Oracle and/or PostgreSQL.
- Have strong SQL skills, including experience with PL/SQL as well as shell scripting.
- Can work confidently with reporting, complex querying, data extracts, and performance troubleshooting.
- Have experience using and implementing database monitoring tools.
- Understand zero-downtime database deployments.
- Bring strong logical and analytical thinking, close attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Communicate well, work collaboratively, take initiative, and follow tasks through to completion.
- Use English confidently in day-to-day work.
You'll get extra points for...
- Experience with other databases.
- Familiarity with backup and recovery technologies such as RMAN and Data Guard.
Additional Information
Thrive in a culture that values...
- Taking initiative and having a confident approach in the workplace.
- Global scope and an inclusive working environment.
- Constant learning and development opportunities.
- An active lifestyle and mental well-being.
- Fun and engaging company events.
DATABASE TEAM
Join our experienced Postgres and Oracle database team supporting Playtech's online entertainment platform. You will maintain Production, Staging, Load Test, and Development database environments across production support, new projects, data extracts, and data migration initiatives. Experience with physical or logical data migrations is highly advantageous. Our highly transactional OLTP databases require strong performance-tuning expertise, including SQL tuning, indexing and partitioning strategies, and operating-system optimization. The team also supports critical data extracts and reports relied upon by internal and external customers in their daily work.
Playtech is an equal opportunities employer. Our mission is to welcome everyone and create inclusive teams. We celebrate differences and encourage everyone to join us and be themselves at work.
Company Description
About Playtech
Founded in 1999, the company has a premium listing on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange and is focused on regulated and regulating markets across its B2B business. By leveraging its proprietary technology, Playtech delivers innovative products and services to ensure a safe, engaging and entertaining gaming experience.
As the gaming industry's leading technology company, it combines business intelligence-driven software, services, content, and platform technology to drive excellence and innovation across the sector. Read more about who we are and what we do here: www.playtechpeople.com and www.playtech.com
Here at Playtech, we genuinely believe that people are our biggest asset. Diverse thoughts, experiences, and individual characteristics enrich our work environment and lead to better business decisions. Embracing differences and maintaining transparency in our processes is the core of Playtech's overall commitment to responsible business practices.
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