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Senior Linux Engineer - Databases

i3D.net is a global high-performance hosting provider specializing in low-latency network solutions for game studios, enterprises, and real-time applications, with infrastructure spanning 60+ locations across 6 continents.

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Role Overview

As a Senior Linux Engineer - Databases, you will take ownership of the availability, performance, and reliability of our database platforms that underpin real-time and latency-sensitive workloads across i3D.net's global infrastructure. You will operate at the intersection of database engineering, Linux systems, and platform automation, ensuring that our database environments are consumable by our internal teams, scalable, resilient, and observable.

What You Will Do

Design and build database platforms, operate and optimize database clusters, automate database operations, manage Linux systems, integrate database changes into CI/CD pipelines, implement and maintain monitoring and alerting, apply security best practices, and collaborate with platform, DevOps, and application teams.

Why It Might Be a Fit

You will be a trusted point of knowledge for database and platform topics within the team, and you will have the opportunity to drive the orchestration and automation of our bare-metal platform, ensuring full control, scalability, and high performance across global deployments.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of hands-on experience managing production database platforms
  • Strong requirements around uptime, performance, and data integrity
  • Comfortable operating Linux systems, especially in on-premise or hybrid environments
  • Experience with MariaDB, MySQL, and PostgreSQL
  • Experience with Ansible and Terraform for automation and Infrastructure-as-Code
  • Experience integrating databases into CI/CD pipelines
  • Experience with Prometheus and Grafana for monitoring and observability

Benefits

  • Annual bonus
  • Generous PTO
  • Travel allowance
  • Pension plan
  • Free games (lifetime access to Ubisoft's game library)
  • Work-from-home budget
  • Top-tier tools
  • Education reimbursement
  • Career guidance
  • Opportunities to upskill

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About i3D

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i3D.net is a global leader in high-performance hosting and infrastructure services, operating one of the world's most interconnected networks with over 26 Tbps capacity. Founded in 2002, the company has spent two decades minimizing latency for millions of users worldwide, currently serving hundreds of millions with a goal to reach 1 billion users by 2025. Their infrastructure spans 60+ points of presence across 6 continents, featuring 100+ internet exchange points and 9,000+ peering connections.

Specializing in low-latency solutions originally built for gaming, i3D.net has scaled industry leaders like Discord and Psyonix, supporting AAA titles from publishers including Ubisoft, EA, and Activision. Since joining the Ubisoft family in 2019 while maintaining autonomous operations, i3D.net has expanded beyond gaming to serve enterprises in logistics, healthcare, and WebRTC-based services. The company owns and operates data centers in Rotterdam, Paris, and Montreal, and has earned recognition including the Deloitte 500, four FD-Gazellen Awards, and the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing companies.

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