Senior Database Architect
This role requires a senior engineer with deep database ownership experience who can design and build software while owning the reliability, performance, scalability, and cost management of SQL databases.
The ideal candidate will be database-centric but not database-only, enjoying writing production code, building features that interact heavily with data, and taking responsibility for how the database performs in real-world, high-availability environments.
Key Responsibilities:
* Design, evolve, and optimize database schemas, indexes, queries, and stored procedures to support high-performance application workloads.
* Own database performance tuning, query optimization, and capacity planning across environments.
* Manage availability, backup/restore, disaster recovery, and survivability strategies in Azure SQL.
* Monitor and proactively address performance bottlenecks, deadlocks, blocking, and resource contention.
* Own database cost management in Azure, including sizing, scaling strategies, and cost optimization.
* Ensure data integrity, security, and operational excellence throughout the application lifecycle.
Software Development & Feature Delivery:
* Design, develop, and maintain enterprise-grade applications and services using C# and .NET.
* Build application features that interact deeply with the database, balancing correctness, performance, and maintainability.
* Develop and maintain RESTful APIs and backend services that integrate with internal and third-party systems.
* Participate in architectural discussions and influence technical direction across the stack.
* Perform code reviews and mentor team members on best practices in both application and database development.
* Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues across application, database, and infrastructure layers.
Azure Cloud & DevOps:
* Design and operate solutions using Microsoft Azure, with a focus on reliability and observability.
* Support CI/CD pipelines and deployment practices using Azure DevOps.
* Work with monitoring, logging, and alerting to ensure system health and rapid issue resolution.
* Collaborate on infrastructure decisions that impact scalability, performance, and cost.