Remote Senior Database Developer

Description:

• Enhance and optimize existing databases for peak performance.
• Find bottlenecks in high volume OLTP environments and deliver optimal solutions.
• Understand database execution plans and how to use the information to optimize code.
• Monitor and analyze database performance and ensure effective and efficient utilization of database systems/processes.
• Skills for developing, deploying, and debugging cloud applications.
• Maintain a high bar for quality and performance of your product with vigorous attention to detail and automated testing.
• Experience with continuous integration, delivery, desired state processes tools and constraints.
• Solve complex technical issues involving multiple technology stacks.
• Set and maintain database standards.
• Design and implement highly available database architectures using proven frameworks and tools.
• Provide documentation and training to other engineering stakeholders.
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent analytical, decision-making and problem-solving skills.
• Closely collaborate with application developers and Product Managers and interact with stakeholders across the organization to optimize SQL code and database structures.
• Continuously improve how we design, build, and ship software as a highly functional team.
• Be a force-multiplier on the velocity and quality of your team.

Requirements:

• Be a technical leader and show ownership of database design.
• 5+ years of practical experience building and supporting Postgres and Microsoft SQL databases.
• Extensive experience with query tuning and troubleshooting including indexing, ensuring proper join techniques, etc.
• Excellent SQL programming: writing, maintaining, and testing codes using an “outside the box” approach.
• Ability to understand complicated problems and craft into simple solutions that can be maintained by the rest of the team.
• Ability to participate in and contribute to code management in GitHub including actively collaborating in peer-reviews, feature branches, and resolving conflicts and commits.
• Provide technical leadership on database systems and solutions. Provide individual mentoring and training on databases and tools. Recommend, test, and evaluate new technologies, software tools, and required skill sets; recommend and implement improvements.
• Ability to train and mentor applications developers on best database practices.
• Adaptable to change and able to work independently and as part of a team.
• Strong sense of responsibility with a bias towards action.
• Comfortable self-directing and prioritizing your own work.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience leading technical projects.
• Expertise in database administration, including experience with a variety of database, cloud applications, and distributed processing technologies.
• Previous Database Migration and SSIS/ADF exposure.
• Azure experience.
• Exposure to NoSQL databases such as MongoDB.
• Experience with Kafka or similar distributed stream processing systems.
• Experience with delivery database solutions through Continuous Integration/ Continuous Delivery.
• Experience developing data stores in support of a microservice architecture.

Benefits:

• Competitive Salary that commensurate with experience and qualifications, plus performance-based bonuses.
• A healthy work-life balance through remote work with flexible work schedules.
• Experience international project engagements.
• 23 days of paid time off plus 15 days of paid sick leave.
• $50/month for sports and wellness budget; $200/annually for annual health check; $140/annually for learning budget.