Lead Database Engineer (SQL Server, Azure) – Remote UK

Client Server Limited; Greater London; Remote; GBP 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Client Server Limited in London is seeking a Database Engineering Lead to own and shape a global database capability, combining leadership with hands-on delivery across SQL Server, Azure and other platforms.

You will set standards, roadmaps, playbooks, automate processes, and guide customers through performance, resilience and data architecture improvements while growing a multinational team.

Qualifications

• Strong database engineering/administration experience with hands-on SQL Server including performance tuning, query optimisation, blocking, deadlocks, memory and I/O.
• Experience with two or more platforms such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle or cloud-native warehouses.
• Strong SSIS and SQL Agent experience, including refactoring legacy ETL and improving job resilience.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical teams and translate expertise into standards, runbooks and automation.
• Own the database engineering roadmap, develop playbooks, automation and repeatable processes.
• Interface with platform developers to embed monitoring, remediation and capacity planning into the platform.
• Drive stabilisation and renewal across complex legacy environments and modernisation programmes.

Skills

SQL Server

Performance tuning

Query optimisation

Deadlocks

Backup recovery

Azure

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Oracle

Data architecture

Team leadership

Stakeholder communication

ETL

Tools

SSIS

SQL Server Agent

Job description

Client Server Limited in London is seeking a Database Engineering Lead to own and shape a global database capability, combining leadership with hands-on delivery across SQL Server, Azure and other platforms.

You will set standards, roadmaps, playbooks, automate processes, and guide customers through performance, resilience and data architecture improvements while growing a multinational team.