Hybrid Senior Database Engineer

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About the role

  • Senior Database Engineer designing reliable SQL databases and data services for MS2’s transportation software. Collaborating with cross-functional teams across 31 states for optimal database performance.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with engineers, project managers, business stakeholders, and QA to design and deliver reliable, scalable, and secure database solutions.
  • Lead database design efforts, including schema design, data modeling, indexing strategy, and query optimization across transactional, ETL, and reporting workloads.
  • Monitor, tune, and improve database performance, scalability, and security in production environments.
  • Define, measure, and maintain service-level objectives (SLOs) for key data flows using metrics, logging, tracing, and alerting.
  • Review and evolve existing database designs, ensuring safe and consistent schema changes, data migrations, and query updates.
  • Execute and guide the full software development life cycle (SDLC), including requirements gathering, feasibility analysis, documentation, implementation, testing, deployment, and post-release evaluation.
  • Develop technical documentation, data flow diagrams, and operational procedures to support maintainability and long-term system health.
  • Troubleshoot, debug, and upgrade existing systems while proactively identifying opportunities to improve performance, reliability, and operational efficiency.
  • Deploy database changes safely in high-uptime environments and partner with application teams to integrate data components into broader systems.
  • Mentor engineers and provide database training and guidance to improve overall system design, performance, and data integrity practices.
  • Establish and reinforce best practices for version control, deployment, observability, and data integrity validation.
  • Conduct system analysis and recommend architectural or process improvements to strengthen platform reliability and scalability.
  • Stay current with evolving database technologies, tooling, and industry standards, and apply relevant advancements to improve the platform.
  • Demonstrate leadership through initiative, accountability, collaboration, and a focus on team and business outcomes.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of progressive experience as a SQL Database Administrator or Database Engineer supporting production environments
  • Proven track record designing, scaling, and maintaining mission-critical SQL database systems and data pipelines, including large-scale datasets
  • Strong technical knowledge of MS SQL Server installation, configuration, and maintenance
  • Strong T-SQL skills, including indexing, execution plans, statistics, partitioning, concurrency control, andperformance tuning
  • Experience deploying and evolving databases safely in high-uptime environments
  • Practical experience with observability, including metrics, logs, tracing, and alerting aligned to SLOs
  • Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Demonstrated experience collaborating effectively in team environments
  • Experience working within a Microsoft-based application stack, including C#/.NET
  • Experience with AWS-hosted SQL Server, including backup, restore, and capacity planning.
  • Exposure to job orchestration or data processing workflows (e.g., ETL scheduling, messaging, or queueing systems).
  • Exposure to Powershell scripting.
  • Experience with Git / GitHub workflows and pull-request-based collaboration.

Benefits

  • Participation in the company's annual bonus program
  • 401(k) with matching
  • Dental insurance
  • Employee assistance program
  • Flexible schedule
  • Flexible spending account
  • Health insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Professional development assistance
  • Referral program
  • Disability insurance
  • Vision insurance

Job title

Senior Database Engineer

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

$95,000 - $145,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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