Database Engineer

MeridianLink
United States
Workplace: RemoteFull timeUSD 114,593 - 155,000 annuallyFunction: Solutions Engineering & Sales EngineeringExperience: 5+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Troubleshooting","Problem-solving","Attention to detail","Collaboration","Documentation"]

Design, build, and scale enterprise database infrastructure across Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB in multi-cloud and on-premises environments. Optimize complex queries and database performance, manage indices, and implement backup, recovery, and disaster recovery procedures including drills and failover testing. Monitor and tune database metrics, collaborate on data models and schemas, and ensure security best practices, access controls, encryption, migrations, and upgrades.

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Database Engineer

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Job Summary

Design, build, and scale enterprise database infrastructure across Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB in multi-cloud and on-premises environments. Optimize complex queries and database performance, manage indices, and implement backup, recovery, and disaster recovery procedures including drills and failover testing. Monitor and tune database metrics, collaborate on data models and schemas, and ensure security best practices, access controls, encryption, migrations, and upgrades.
Location: United States
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Solutions Engineering & Sales Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design, deploy, and optimize database technologies across multi-cloud and on-premises environments.
  • •Write and optimize complex SQL queries, stored procedures, and views.
  • •Create and manage indices to improve performance and reduce redundant overhead.
  • •Develop and maintain backup, recovery, and disaster recovery procedures, including failover testing to validate RTO/RPO.
  • •Monitor database performance, implement tuning strategies, and troubleshoot issues such as replication, clustering, and connectivity problems.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 114,593 - 155,000 annually

Key Requirements

  • •5+ years of professional database engineering experience.
  • •Expert-level Microsoft SQL Server (2016 or later), including T-SQL development, index strategies, and execution plan optimization.
  • •Hands-on PostgreSQL experience.
  • •Hands-on MongoDB (or other NoSQL) experience.
  • •Strong backup/restore, recovery models, disaster recovery planning, and AWS RDS/Aurora database management experience.
Experience:5+ years
Education:Bachelor's in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
Skills:TroubleshootingProblem-solvingAttention to detailCollaborationDocumentation
Certifications:Azure Solutions ArchitectAzure Data EngineerAWS certificationsMicrosoft Azure certifications
Tech Stack:Microsoft SQL ServerT-SQLMSSQL Always-On Availability GroupsMSSQL mirroringLog shippingPostgreSQLMongoDBAWS RDSAmazon AuroraAWSAzureTerraformCloudFormationAzure Resource ManagerETLCloudWatchAzure MonitorRedgateSolarWindsCI/CD

Company Brief

MeridianLink
Provides cloud-based digital lending, account opening, background screening, and data verification platforms for financial institutions and consumer reporting agencies, enabling automation, compliance, and data-driven decisioning.
Industry: Fintech Infrastructure
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Growth: Established Company
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Private Equity Backed
Headquarters: Irvine, United States
Founded: 1998
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