Koda Staff is working exclusively with GAMING1 to hire a Senior Database Reliability Engineer to join its growing Platform Engineering organisation.

This role sits at the intersection of database engineering and platform engineering, helping build the PostgreSQL and messaging capabilities that power Product Engineering teams across the business.

As part of a broader Platform Engineering scale-up, GAMING1 is investing heavily in creating a faster, safer, and more self-service infrastructure foundation — and this role will play a key part in making that happen.

The Opportunity

As a Senior Database Reliability Engineer, you will treat relational data and messaging as code — building reliable, scalable, and self-service platform capabilities that Product Engineers can consume without friction.

Your primary focus will be PostgreSQL on CloudNativePG, alongside RabbitMQ operations and reusable messaging patterns that support teams operating at scale in a regulated environment.

This is a highly autonomous role for engineers who enjoy combining infrastructure reliability, automation, platform thinking, and developer enablement.

Your Mission

Build and evolve PostgreSQL and messaging platform capabilities

Enable Product Engineers through self-service data and transport primitives

Embed reliability, observability, and compliance by default

Reduce operational friction through automation and platform engineering practices

Raise standards across database reliability and Kubernetes-stateful operations

Key Responsibilities

Own the PostgreSQL golden path on CloudNativePG

Manage provisioning, upgrades, backup/restore, replication, HA, and observability as code

Expose database capabilities to Product Engineering teams through self-service patterns

Messaging & Platform Reliability

Operate RabbitMQ alongside the Platform Engineering team

Build reusable messaging patterns and transport capabilities

Improve reliability and scalability across messaging infrastructure





Self-Service & Platform Enablement

Create safe, scoped platform primitives Product Engineers can consume independently

Surface adoption signals, friction points, and operational bottlenecks

Continuously improve platform usability and developer experience

Security, Compliance & Observability

Translate security and compliance requirements into platform capabilities

Implement access controls, encryption standards, and secure defaults

Maintain telemetry and observability through Datadog and related tooling

Engineering Leadership

Mentor peers on PostgreSQL and Kubernetes-stateful patterns

Raise standards across automation, operational rigor, and platform reliability

Contribute to continuous improvement across the Platform Engineering organisation

Experience & Skills:

Core Background

5+ years operating PostgreSQL in production at scale

Experience with HA, replication, backup/restore, and performance tuning

At least 2 years in a platform or Infrastructure-as-Code environment

Strong Kubernetes experience for stateful workloads

Hands-on Terraform and Ansible experience

Technical Expertise

RabbitMQ or other production-grade messaging systems

Datadog or equivalent observability tooling

Secure configuration and cybersecurity best practices

Strong automation mindset and platform-oriented thinking

Highly Valued Experience

Experience in any of the following will strengthen your profile:

CloudNativePG (CNPG)

PostgreSQL in regulated industries

MongoDB / MongoDB Atlas

VMware or Nutanix

Python or Go for tooling and automation

What You Can Expect

High autonomy and engineering ownership

Strong platform engineering culture with modern tooling and practices

Opportunity to shape self-service infrastructure capabilities at scale

Remote-versátil setup across Belgium or Portugal, with quarterly onsite moments in Liège

Competitive salary and benefits package

Internal mobility and long-term engineering growth opportunities

Interested in learning more?

Koda Staff is managing this search exclusively on behalf of GAMING1.

📌 Senior Database Reliability Engineer (Madrid)
🏢 Koda Tech
📍 Madrid