Database Engineer

Austin Capital Bank - Austin, TX

Full-time

Austin, TX

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About the position

The Database Engineer at Austin Capital Bank is responsible for providing expertise in database architecture, design, development, and management. This role focuses on optimizing database performance, ensuring high availability, and implementing disaster recovery strategies. The engineer will work with various database environments, including Azure SQL Database, Postgres, and Snowflake, while collaborating with teams to enhance data flow and reliability.

Responsibilities

• Provide database/warehouse expertise in database architecture, design, development, implementation, storage, retrieval, and data flow.
• Optimize through performance tuning, troubleshooting, and administration.
• Manage Azure SQL Database, Postgres (in AWS), and Snowflake environments.
• Holistically analyze issues from the application tier to the database and storage.
• Develop and implement strategies for disaster recovery, data recovery, and contingency planning.
• Ensure database/warehouse systems high availability, reliability, and observability.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field; advanced degree a plus.
• 5 to 7 years of experience in Azure SQL Database (MS SQL) and/or Postgres.
• Snowflake design/administration experience a plus.
• Azure and/or AWS experience a plus.
• Strong knowledge of and hands-on experience with SQL, TSQL technologies.
• Ability to write, troubleshoot, and optimize complex TSQL queries and stored procedures.
• Experience and understanding of Data Cleansing and structures.
• Technical expertise in data models, database design, ETL development, and data mining.
• Postgres write-ahead log is a preferred experience.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy.

Nice-to-haves

• Deep practitioner of Agile and Lean Start-Up methodologies.
• Demonstrated continuous improvement and a continuous learning mindset.
• Demonstrated capability as a lifecycle problem solver (idea -> implementation).
• Strong engineering leaders who can roll up their sleeves.
• An execution-focused executive with a get things done attitude.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to senior executives and customers.
• Ability to cultivate a culture of openness, transparency, and inclusion.