Senior Backend Developer modernizing mortgage and lending platforms for Recruit Action’s financial - services clients. Building Java, Camunda 8, Azure, and Kubernetes backend solutions.
About the role
- Senior Database Engineer modernizing SurveyMonkey’s cloud-native, globally distributed data architecture. Managing SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and cloud database systems.
Responsibilities
- Partner with cross-functional engineering teams to design and implement scalable, reliable data store solutions for online and analytical workloads
- Manage and optimize SQL Server and MySQL databases, including schema design, query tuning, replication, backup/recovery, and performance monitoring
- Implement and maintain data integration pipelines across heterogeneous data stores
- Follow and promote best practices for relational and NoSQL database design
- Collaborate with data engineering and data science teams to understand data challenges and deliver scalable, flexible solutions
- Contribute to data governance and security initiatives for the data platform
- Troubleshoot issues across the full stack, including hardware, software, and network
- Design and build automation and tooling across the software development lifecycle, including provisioning, version control, CI/CD, and deployment
- Work with Software Engineering teams to implement product-development solutions and write stored procedures and scripts as needed
- Participate in the on-call rotation as needed
- Research emerging technologies and recommend solutions to support SurveyMonkey's evolving data platform and strategy
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience managing high-performing databases in production environments
- 5+ years of hands-on experience with strong SQL query skills, including complex, highly optimized queries across large datasets
- 3+ years of hands-on experience designing, optimizing, and managing PostgreSQL databases in production environments
- Strong expertise in SQL Server, including clustering, high availability groups, vertical and horizontal partitioning
- Strong expertise in MySQL, including replication, partitioning, indexing, stored procedures, and performance tuning
- 3+ years of experience writing and maintaining Terraform configurations to provision and manage cloud infrastructure
- Hands-on experience with vector databases such as Pinecone, Milvus, Qdrant, or pgvector
- 2+ years of experience with cloud-based database solutions such as AWS RDS, Aurora, and DynamoDB
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field; AWS certification is a plus
- Solid understanding of relational and analytical database solutions, NoSQL data stores, and data warehouse concepts
- Experience with ETL development and highly available database architectures in on-premises and cloud environments
- Experience with Windows and/or Unix systems administration
- Experience writing Python, Bash, PowerShell, or other scripting languages
- Experience with configuration management systems; Ansible is a plus
- Experience working with virtualized environments
- Experience with repeatable automation at both the OS and database level
- Ability to work effectively as part of a geographically dispersed team
- Strong communication skills and ability to present data modeling decisions clearly
- Must reside in a registered hiring location: Ontario or Alberta
- Must be legally entitled to work in Canada
Benefits
- Bonuses may be offered as part of the total compensation package
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Disability insurance
- RRSP matching
- Flexible spending and health savings account
- Paid holidays
- Paid time off
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible, hybrid work environment
- Company events
- CHOICE Fund programs
- Accommodations for applicants with disabilities
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