Senior Database Developer (SQL & Databricks)

Summary:

We are seeking a hands-on Senior Database Developer to design develop and optimize data solutions across Microsoft SQL Server and the Databricks Lakehouse Platform.

This role will own the stored procedures database objects and data-movement processes that support our enterprise applications. You will partner closely with developers to deliver reliable high-performing data-access solutions and help establish Databricks as an enterprise platform for governed data analytics and AI/BI.

The ideal candidate combines deep SQL Server development expertise with practical experience building data-platform solutions. This is a hands-on builder role: you will write production code solve complex performance and data-integration challenges and establish reusable standards and patterns for other engineering teams to follow.

Responsibilities:

Databricks

• Develop and support solutions using Databricks including Unity Catalog Delta Lake Databricks SQL notebooks and workflows.
• Help establish catalogs schemas tables volumes permissions lineage and data-quality standards within Unity Catalog.
• Support data movement ETL/ELT batch processing and incremental synchronization using Databricks.
• Develop reusable connection patterns templates and standards to support Databricks adoption across enterprise applications.
• Work with Databricks Lakebase and PostgreSQL to support transactional and operational use cases.
• Build and maintain AI/BI Genie spaces using curated enterprise data including semantic models instructions and sample queries.
• Troubleshoot Databricks jobs workflows data pipelines and performance issues.

SQL Server and Database Development

• Design develop test and maintain stored procedures functions views triggers and other database objects in Microsoft SQL Server.
• Write and maintain complex T-SQL for data movement system integrations batch loads incremental syncs and application data retrieval.
• Tune queries and indexes analyze execution plans and resolve blocking deadlocks and long-running jobs.
• Manage database schemas deployment scripts and versioning of database objects through source control and CI/CD pipelines.
• Ensure database code meets standards for data integrity security performance and auditability.
• Partner with developers to translate application requirements into effective stored procedures and data-access patterns.
• Review queries and data-access code using Entity Framework Dapper and related technologies.
• Participate in sprint planning technical design reviews code reviews and other Agile engineering activities.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to identify data needs and deliver practical maintainable solutions.

Qualifications:

• At least one year of hands-on professional experience developing or supporting Databricks solutions in a production or enterprise environment.
• Six or more years of professional experience developing on Microsoft SQL Server with strong T-SQL and stored-procedure experience.
• Experience with Databricks Lakehouse technologies including Unity Catalog Delta Lake Databricks SQL notebooks and workflows.
• Proven experience developing SQL for data movement ETL/ELT system integrations and application data retrieval.
• Strong database performance-tuning skills including execution plans indexing statistics blocking deadlocks and concurrency troubleshooting.
• Working knowledge of PostgreSQL and familiarity with Databricks Lakebase.
• Experience collaborating with application developers preferably in a .NET or C# environment.
• Experience using Git and CI/CD pipelines for database and data-platform code.
• Familiarity with Azure services such as Azure Data Lake Storage Azure SQL Key Vault and Microsoft Entra ID.
• Knowledge of data governance row-level security column-level security data quality and enterprise compliance requirements.
• Experience with AI/BI Genie or similar natural-language analytics tools is preferred.
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools such as Claude Code Codex or similar solutions is a plus.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Required Experience:

Senior IC