Database Engineer
SPRIBE is an innovative B2B iGaming software developer reshaping the industry with cutting-edge technology and a forward-thinking approach to game design. The company pioneered the crash-game format with its flagship title Aviator, setting a new standard in player engagement and paving the way for a wave of non-traditional content. With almost 80 million monthly active players, SPRIBE is now the most influential company in the market. Alongside Aviator, SPRIBE builds forward-thinking solutions like the Broadway Platform, enabling operators to launch and scale with exceptional speed and efficiency.
Strategic global partnerships with iconic brands such as UFC, WWE, along with a roster of 12 global brand ambassadors, reflect the company’s bold vision for international growth and its commitment to expanding its presence across worldwide markets.
We’re hiring a Kafka Administrator to help us build the future of iGaming.
Requirements
- Strong knowledge of Kafka ecosystem, including setup, configuration, monitoring, and troubleshooting, including Kafka Connect, Kafka Streams, Schema Registry and ksqldb or Flink.
- Database Administration and Programming experience with PostgreSQL.
Responsibilities
- Own the design, deployment, operation and upgrades of our Kafka platform (self-managed and MSK), including Kafka Connect and Schema Registry, Glue, Flink.
- Define topic, partitioning, retention and schema governance standards together with development teams.
- Ocassionally support PostgreSQL operations alongside the team: routine maintenance and troubleshooting.
- Investigate and resolve performance, throughput and reliability issues across Kafka and PostgreSQL.
- Ensure high availability through SLOs, monitoring, alerting (including consumer lag) and regular DR/failover testing.
- Collaborate with development teams to integrate Kafka into their applications.
- Expertise in investigation and resolution of performance related issues.
- Support development teams integrating with Kafka (producers, consumers, Kafka Streams, Flink).
Would be a plus
- Any experience with any streaming, MQ and job processing ecosystems around Confluent Platform, AWS (MSK, Kinesis, Glue, SQS), Apache (Flink, Airflow, ActiveMQ/Artemis, Spark), RabbitMQ.
- Any exposure of programming languages such as Python, Java or C/C++ or Perl would also be helpful.
- Any experience with any of TimescaleDB, Apache Cassandra, ClickHouse.
Why join SPRIBE
Generous paid time off
- Enjoy 26 business days of paid vacation annually, plus 7 days off— because we value your well-being and work-life balance.
Top-tier equipment
- We provide and deliver all necessary corporate hardware so you can start strong from day one.
Health & wellness support
- Medical insurance
Celebrating your moments
- We recognize and celebrate your birthdays and work anniversaries with thoughtful gifts — because your milestones matter.
Global team events
- Once a year we host unforgettable corporate events in some of the world’s most exciting cities — a unique blend of team spirit and adventure.