Database Developer

Emetric - San Antonio, TX

Full-time - Mid Level

Remote - San Antonio, TX

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

eMetric is seeking a Database Developer to join their team in San Antonio, TX. This full-time position focuses on designing, developing, and maintaining optimal database solutions for K-12 education technology platforms. The role requires expertise in Azure Cloud Environment and T-SQL, with a strong emphasis on performance tuning and automation of database tasks. The ideal candidate will thrive in a collaborative environment and contribute to impactful solutions that enhance educational outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Setup and Maintain Database Deployment Pipeline.
• Design and Document Logical and Physical Database Models to cater to a variety of business requirements.
• Experience in Performance Tuning and Optimization and Analyzing Common Performance Issue patterns.
• Critical thinking to design solutions to accommodate current business needs with extensibility and scalability.
• Automate maintenance and monitoring tasks through various technologies.
• Use query plans to analyze queries and improve query performance.
• Work with other developers to produce optimal database solutions that cater to the application requirements.
• Collaborate with application developers to design, develop, and debug queries and stored procedures.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• 3-5 years of experience in design, development, and maintenance of large-scale database projects.
• 3-5 years of experience in database maintenance and release operations.
• Fluency in scripting languages, particularly PowerShell and Python.
• Expert level knowledge in writing T-SQL statements and optimizing for large scale databases.
• Working knowledge of Azure Cloud Environment.
• Experience working in an Agile/SCRUM model.

Nice-to-haves

• Exposure to Microservices design patterns.
• Familiarity with K-12 data warehousing and analytics.

Benefits

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Gym membership
• Flexible schedule
• Paid holidays
• Disability insurance