Senior SQL Engineer

JobID: 53667

Senior SQL Developer

Pay
$151,000 base salary + $15,000 bonus target

Location
Uptown, Dallas, right off McKinney - Hybrid (combination of on-site and remote work)

Summary
Seeking a highly experienced Senior SQL Engineer to join a fast-paced, innovative company with significant growth potential. This role offers the opportunity to work on complex, enterprise-level databases with hundreds of databases, trillions of rows, and terabytes of data. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in SQL query optimization, database architecture, and building large-scale databases from scratch. You will be a key player in agile teams, collaborating with developers, product owners, and business analysts to drive projects forward and ensure robust database solutions.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience with SQL Server (2019 or 2022)
• Extensive T-SQL programming expertise, including writing complex queries, stored procedures, and functions
• Proven experience designing and developing enterprise-level databases from scratch, especially large OLTP transactional systems
• Strong understanding of database architecture, performance tuning, indexing, and data migration
• Demonstrated ability to optimize large data queries and manage multi-gigabyte databases
• Experience working within Agile development teams
• No extensive background in OLAP, ETL, or SSIS; focus on building and scaling databases from ground-up, migrations, and large data structures
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills
• Ability to handle multiple complex projects simultaneously

Responsibilities

• Develop and optimize complex SQL queries across large data sets
• Design and implement scalable, high-performance database architectures from scratch
• Reverse engineer existing SQL code and data flows for improvements
• Create stored procedures, triggers, views, and functions for varying business needs
• Manage performance tuning and query optimization for enterprise databases
• Collaborate across cross-functional teams including .NET engineers, product owners, and business analysts
• Support large database migrations and scale-out implementations
• Continuously research and apply new strategies for database performance and reliability improvements
• Contribute to agile development cycles, delivering high-quality database solutions

Benefits

• Significant growth opportunities within a progressive, innovative company that received a $2 billion investment in 2020
• 100% paid certifications to support career development
• Full medical benefits for employee and dependents
• 4% 401(k) match
• Three weeks PTO, increasing to four weeks after one year
• Strong company culture emphasizing collaboration and professional growth