Senior Backend Engineer

Role Description

We are seeking a Senior Backend Engineer who is passionate about database modernization, performance optimization, and strategic refactoring of mission-critical systems. You will be a key member of the DPS Core & Data Engine Squad, working on the system-of-record platform that powers both internal (DPS) and external (IES) claims management experiences supporting millions of transactions and billions of dollars in claims.

This is a modernization engineering role for someone who gets excited about:

• Refactoring complex stored procedures and carving out domain logic into maintainable services
• Optimizing SQL performance and improving system efficiency
• Creating safe migration patterns that enable continuous modernization while maintaining business continuity
• Working in .NET codebases and evolving them into clean, testable, domain-aligned modules

If you love the challenge of strategic system evolution and want to participate in evolving the technical architecture of a multi-year transformation from monolithic database logic to service-oriented architecture—this role is for you.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software development experience in object-oriented languages (C#/.NET required)
• Expert-level SQL Server knowledge (SQL Server 2019)
• Advanced query optimization (execution plans, index tuning, query hints)
• Stored procedure, function, and trigger development/refactoring
• Database design and normalization
• Performance tuning at scale (multi-million row tables, complex joins, aggregations)
• Understanding of indexing strategies (clustered, non-clustered, filtered, columnstore)
• SQL Agent jobs and automated workflow patterns
• Transaction isolation levels, locking, and concurrency management
• C# and .NET Framework/.NET Core (legacy and modern)
• Experience refactoring established systems while maintaining production stability
• SQL source control (migrations, version control for schema/stored procedures)

Requirements

• Experience with strangler fig, anti-corruption layer, and facade patterns in practice
• Hands-on experience migrating logic from stored procedures → service layer in production systems
• Familiarity with domain-driven design (DDD) concepts (bounded contexts, aggregates, repositories)
• Azure SQL Database, Azure DevOps experience
• Observability tools (Application Insights, SQL Profiler)
• API design and versioning (REST, OpenAPI/Swagger)
• Unit testing frameworks (xUnit, NUnit) and test data builder patterns
• PowerShell for database scripting/automation
• Experience with microservices architecture and event-driven patterns
• Familiarity with Entity Framework Core, Dapper, or other ORMs (and knowing when to use native SQL)

Benefits

• 401K Match
• Paid time off
• Annual Incentive Plan Performance Bonus
• Comprehensive health insurance
• Adoption Assistance
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Wellness Programs
• Stock Purchase Plan options
• Employee Resource Groups