Database Developer

We are building a team for one of the U.S. Federal Governments largest technology modernization programs underpinning the U.S. capital markets.

Built on AWS and leveraging an AI-powered software engineering platform this program offers a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience with next-generation AI Agentic AI cloud technologies and AI-driven engineering.

If you are looking for technically challenging work exceptional learning and a résumé-defining opportunity with national impact I would love to connect.


Database Developer

Position Type: Full-Time
Location: Hybrid (2 days onsite)
Days Remote: 3 days remote

Position Summary:
The Database Developer is responsible for designing developing and optimizing the data layer supporting a large-scale federal cloud platform. Working closely with application developers database architects and cloud engineers this role develops high-performance database solutions data pipelines and data access components using AWS data services. The Database Developer ensures data integrity security scalability and performance while leveraging AI-assisted development tools to improve engineering productivity and software quality.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design develop and maintain relational and NoSQL database schemas supporting enterprise application workloads.
• Develop SQL queries stored procedures database objects and data access components.
• Build maintain and optimize ETL/ELT pipelines supporting application and reporting requirements.
• Optimize database performance through indexing query tuning and execution-plan analysis.
• Support logical and physical data modeling activities across AWS database platforms.
• Develop database solutions using AWS services including Amazon Aurora Amazon RDS DynamoDB and Amazon S3.
• Ensure database security integrity backup recovery and compliance with enterprise standards.
• Collaborate with application developers architects and DevOps engineers to implement efficient data access strategies.
• Troubleshoot production database issues and support ongoing performance improvements.
• Utilize AI-assisted development tools to improve database development productivity and code quality.

Minimum Experience:

• 3 years of database development experience.
• Experience developing database solutions for enterprise applications.
• Experience working within Agile software development environments.

Mandatory Skills:

• SQL development.
• Database design and development.
• Data modeling fundamentals.
• Relational and/or NoSQL databases.
• Database performance tuning.
• AWS database services (Aurora RDS DynamoDB or similar).
• ETL/ELT development.
• Database security and data integrity.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills.
• U.S. work authorization.
• Ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance.

Nice-to-Have Skills:

• Amazon Redshift experience.
• Experience developing data pipelines on AWS.
• Federal government or other high-volume transaction system experience.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted database development tools.
• Experience supporting cloud-native application architectures.
• Knowledge of CI/CD practices supporting database deployments.

Degrees and Certifications
Required

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Systems Software Engineering Data Engineering or a related technical discipline (or equivalent professional experience).

Preferred

• AWS Certified Database Specialty.
• AWS Certified Developer Associate.
• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner.