Job Description

Company
Higogame Pte. Ltd.
higogame.net
Designation
Database Intern
Date Listed
24 Oct 2025
Job Type
Entry Level / Junior Executive
Intern/TS
Job Period
From 01 Dec 2025, For At Least 3 Months
Profession
Design / Creative
Industry
Arts / Entertainment / Recreation
Location Name
Science Park Drive, 7 Science Park Drive at Geneo, Singapore
Address
7 Science Park Dr, Singapore Science Park 1, Singapore 119316
Map
Allowance / Remuneration
$800 - 1,000 monthly
Company Profile
Company Description


Higogame is a trailblazer in the mobile gaming and entertainment industry. Since our inception in late 2020, we have been dedicated to transforming the gaming landscape in Southeast Asia and beyond, delivering innovative and immersive experiences that engage millions of players around the globe.

Our revenue has seen remarkable growth year after year, with operations extending across multiple regions worldwide. In just three years, we've risen to become one of the top two games of our kind in the local market. We proudly serve around 2 million active users daily and have a total monthly active user base of 5 million worldwide. Our team consists of over 200 talented employees, including a robust R&D division of more than 100 experts. We offer exceptional career development opportunities and foster a multinational culture that empowers everyone to reach their full potential.

Join us as we continue to push the boundaries of mobile gaming!

About the role

Join our Engineering team and help keep mission-critical systems fast, reliable, and well-documented. Under close supervision, you'll assist with routine checks, performance analysis, backup/restore drills, and small automation tasks--starting in staging/pre-prod before touching production.


We are looking for interns to join our team in Singapore!

Internship period: At least 3 months, preferably able to start by December 2025

Type: Full time preferred, or at least 4 days commitment

What you'll do

Run daily health checks (backups, storage, sessions, alerts); record anomalies and escalate per SOP. Assist with SQL performance work: collect slow queries & execution plans, document index/statistics findings, validate fixes in test. Help maintain HA/DR runbooks (failover/recovery steps, drills, post-mortems). Shadow incident handling and produce concise RCA and learning notes. Update the internal knowledge base (how-tos, scripts, best practices). (Nice to have) Build small automation tools in PowerShell/Python to gather logs, export metrics, or generate reports.

Tech you'll touch

Databases: SQL Server (primary), MySQL (basic exposure), Data warehouse construction Concepts: execution plans, indexing & statistics, locking/blocking/deadlocks Ops: backup/restore drills, DBCC basics, monitoring & alerting, permissions & audit Platforms: Windows Server (incl. IIS basics), Linux; Nginx/Apache (awareness) Tools: Performance Dashboard, SQL Profiler, internal monitoring/log platforms

Must-haves

Pursuing/holding a CS/IT/related degree; available3 months, 5 days/week. Solid DB fundamentals (relational modeling, transactions & isolation levels, indexing basics). Comfortable writing SQL (joins, aggregates) and reading simple execution plans. Practical experience in database architecture design and optimization, data warehouse layering. Practical experience with distributed MPP databases. One scripting language (PowerShell/Python/Bash) for basic tooling. Meticulous, calm under pressure, strong sense of ownership and clear communication.

Nice-to-haves

Hands-on exposure to SQL Server/MySQL backup/restore, monitoring, or a course project. Basic Windows/Linux administration; familiarity with Git/CI/CD/containers is a plus. Passion for mobile/video games is a plus!

Application Instructions
Please apply for this position by submitting your text CV using InternSG.

Kindly note that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.




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