Duties & Responsibilities • Design & development: Build robust schemas, tables, views, stored procedures, functions, and ETL/ELT pipelines in Microsoft SQL Server (Azure SQL, Managed Instance). • Performance & reliability: Profile and tune queries, indexes, and execution plans; • come up with solutions to improve the performance to meet SLAs. • Data quality & governance: Implement constraints, validation, and auditing; contribute to data standards, naming conventions, and documentation. • Integration: Build and maintain integrations with upstream/downstream systems and ensure transactional integrity. • Collaboration: Work with application engineers and analysts to translate requirements into scalable database solutions; participate in code/design reviews. • Support: Respond to any production issues with urgency. Requirements Basic Qualifications • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience. • Proficient in SQL programming. • Expert TSQL skills (set-based programming, window functions, CTEs, error handling, dynamic SQL, MERGE). • Experience with the full software development lifecycle, including design, testing, deployment, and documentation activities. • 8+ years of experience designing and implementing MS SQL Server database objects. • 8+ years of full software development lifecycle experience, including independent analysis, coding, testing, and deployment. • 8+ years of experience working with SQL Management Studio. • Experience with ETL/ELT (SSIS or modern alternatives) and scheduling/orchestration. • 8+ years of combined experience developing solutions with relational database technologies. • Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git. • Ability to debug complex stored procedures. • Knowledge of file transmission methods such as SFTP. • Understanding of batch command /PowerShell scripts. Preferred Qualifications • Ability to understand C# code. • Exposure to NoSQL stores (e.g., Cosmos DB, Redis, Couchbase)