Database Engineer

Remote @JobBee Global Private Limited posted 17 hours ago in Engineer/Architects

Job Detail

Chess.com is one of the largest gaming sites in the world and the #1 platform for playing, learning, and enjoying chess.

What you’ll do

Design and architect database systems optimized for Chess.com’s specific workloads including real-time gaming, puzzle systems, and social graph traversal
Build internal tooling and automation to improve database deployment, migration, and operational efficiency, simplifying work streams for the broader engineering organization
Develop data pipelines and ETL processes for analytics, machine learning features, and cross-system data synchronization
Engineer multi-regional database architectures capable of handling massive volumes of chess games, user data, and social network interactions with minimal latency
Solve complex data modeling challenges including chess game storage optimization, puzzle attempt tracking, and large-scale social graph representation
Drive database platform evolution evaluating and implementing new technologies, storage engines, and architectural patterns with a bias toward continuous improvement
Build observability and performance tooling providing deep visibility into database behavior, query patterns, and capacity trends
Collaborate with product engineering teams to design optimal schemas, access patterns, and data layer integrations, ensuring the right people have the information they need
Implement infrastructure-as-code practices for database provisioning, configuration, and lifecycle management with high first-time-right quality
Participate in on-call rotation to ensure 24/7 database availability and contribute to incident post-mortems