Description

• Provide architectural leadership across Microsoft SQL Server environments supporting mission-critical business systems.
• Guide database architecture, schema design, T-SQL development, performance optimization, and engineering best practices.
• Establish practical standards around source control, peer review, testing, CI/CD, deployment automation, monitoring, and operational excellence.
• Improve platform reliability through root-cause analysis, automation, observability, and continuous improvement.
• Partner with Analytics Engineering and Product teams to establish reliable data contracts and protect downstream systems during database changes.

Skills for Success

• Builds high-performing engineering teams through coaching, accountability, and trust.
• Demonstrates excellent stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration.
• Makes thoughtful technical decisions that balance innovation with operational stability.
• Communicates complex technical concepts clearly to technical and business audiences.
• Creates predictable engineering execution through prioritization, planning, and strong operational discipline.
• Understands how database architecture, application behavior, infrastructure, and business processes work together.
• Promotes continuous improvement without introducing unnecessary complexity.
• Remains calm and decisive when navigating competing priorities and production challenges.

Required Qualifications

• Proven experience leading, mentoring, or managing database or software engineers.
• Demonstrated success with hiring, coaching, performance management, career development, and difficult conversations.
• Deep production experience with Microsoft SQL Server, including database architecture, schema design, query optimization, indexing strategies, and T-SQL development.
• Experience establishing engineering standards across enterprise SQL environments.
• Experience improving engineering workflows through source control, CI/CD, deployment automation, monitoring, and operational tooling.
• Experience leading delivery across roadmap initiatives, operational support, technical debt, and cross-functional dependencies.
• Experience partnering effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain technical tradeoffs clearly.
• Demonstrated ability to influence priorities across multiple teams and build trusted working relationships.

You Might Also Have

• Experience leading database modernization or platform transformation initiatives.
• Experience with Azure SQL, AWS RDS for SQL Server, Infrastructure as Code, or DevOps automation.
• Experience supporting highly available or regulated production environments.
• Knowledge of data warehousing, ETL, analytics platforms, or enterprise Microsoft Access applications.
• Experience implementing data contracts or API-style interfaces between transactional databases and downstream systems.
• Experience responsibly leveraging AI-assisted engineering tools to improve software development or operational workflows

Key Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree