Senior Database Engineer: Multi-Cloud, High-Perf SQL/NoSQL

MeridianLink; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

MeridianLink is seeking an experienced Senior Database Engineer to design and scale enterprise data infrastructure across Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB ecosystems.

You will architect robust data solutions, optimize complex environments, and ensure high performance and reliable data management across cloud and on‑premises platforms. Strong coding, security, and collaboration skills are required.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of professional database engineering experience.
• Expert-level MSSQL Server (2016+) with T‑SQL, indexing, and DR.
• Strong PostgreSQL experience and NoSQL (MongoDB) familiarity.
• Experience with AWS RDS/Aurora and cloud/on‑prem deployments.
• Knowledge of security, encryption, authentication, and compliance.
• Excellent troubleshooting and problem‑solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and optimize database technologies across multi‑cloud and on‑premises.
• Write and optimize complex SQL queries, stored procedures, and views.
• Create, modify, and remove indices to boost performance across platforms.
• Develop and maintain backup, recovery, and DR procedures for cloud and on‑prem.
• Document DR drills and validate RTO/RPO readiness and failover.
• Monitor performance, analyze metrics, and implement tuning strategies.
• Collaborate with developers to design efficient data models and schemas.
• Implement security controls, access management, and encryption across DBms.
• Manage migrations, upgrades, and version control.
• Troubleshoot replication, clustering, and connectivity issues.

Skills

Six-plus years experience

T‑SQL development

Index strategies

Always‑On availability groups

MSSQL mirroring & log shipping

Backup and restore strategies

PostgreSQL

MongoDB / NoSQL

AWS RDS / Aurora

Database security & encryption

Troubleshooting & resilience

Azure certifications

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/IT or related

AWS or Azure certifications (bonus)

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Azure Resource Manager

CloudWatch

Azure Monitor

Redgate

SolarWinds

Job description

MeridianLink is seeking an experienced Senior Database Engineer to design and scale enterprise data infrastructure across Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB ecosystems.

You will architect robust data solutions, optimize complex environments, and ensure high performance and reliable data management across cloud and on‑premises platforms. Strong coding, security, and collaboration skills are required.