Senior Database Developer

Core Database skillsets using SQL Server and Postgres

Only looking for candidates who can work on W2 . Open for sponsorship as well.

THIS IS NOT A DATA ENGINEER ROLE.

The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with query optimization, indexing strategies, stored procedure tuning, and performance troubleshooting, while also possessing a solid understanding of database infrastructure health and monitoring.

Key Responsibilities

Database Engineering (Primary Focus)

• Analyze and optimize complex SQL queries for maximum performance and scalability.
• Design, evaluate, and maintain effective indexing strategies, including identifying and resolving missing or inefficient indexes.
• Tune and optimize stored procedures, functions, and database objects.
• Implement and maintain table partitioning strategies for large datasets.
• Investigate and resolve database performance bottlenecks, blocking, locking, and contention issues.
• Partner with application development teams to troubleshoot database-related issues and improve application performance.
• Evaluate how application changes impact database performance and recommend optimization strategies.
• Perform root cause analysis for production database performance issues and implement long-term solutions.
• Continuously monitor and improve overall database efficiency and reliability.

Required Qualifications

• Strong experience in SQL query optimization and database performance tuning.
• Expertise in index design, missing index analysis, and execution plan analysis.
• Experience tuning stored procedures and optimizing database workloads.
• Knowledge of table partitioning strategies and large-scale database performance optimization.
• Strong understanding of database monitoring, contention analysis, CPU and memory utilization.
• Experience troubleshooting production database performance issues.
• Ability to collaborate closely with software engineers to resolve database-related application issues.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a proactive approach to performance optimization.

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