Senior Developer DBA: SQL Architecture & Mentorship Hybrid

Socket.dev; Asheville (NC); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Plans with FSA/HSA

401K with Company Match

Parental Leave

Paid Holidays and PTO

Job summary

Aeroflow Health is seeking a Developer DBA to advance database engineering beyond traditional production DBA duties. This role sits at the intersection of senior SQL engineering, architecture, code quality, and mentorship.

You will help establish standards, review code, and guide thoughtful modernization with a focus on performance and reliability. Hybrid candidates are preferred, but remote options are available with frequent visits to the Asheville, NC office during the initial months.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional SQL engineering experience or 3+ years of development-focused DBA experience.
• Deep production expertise with Microsoft SQL Server, including database architecture, data modeling, T-SQL development, query optimization, and index optimization.
• Experience reviewing SQL code and establishing or improving engineering and development standards.
• Hands-on experience with database deployments and modern database engineering workflows, including source control, CI/CD, deployment automation, testing, and monitoring.
• Experience with database modeling and designing maintainable schemas for production applications.
• Experience with database engineering and operational tooling such as DataDog, DPA, Flyway, Redgate, Liquibase, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or comparable technologies.
• Experience implementing or working with data contracts, APIs, or other defined interfaces between transactional databases and downstream consumers.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence and mentor technical peers.

Responsibilities

• Code Review (~30%): Review SQL engineering work and establish standards for high-quality, maintainable T-SQL, design, and development practices.
• Architecture & Technical Consulting (~30%): Act as a senior database resource guiding schema design, performance, and architecture decisions.
• Coaching & Mentoring (~20%): Raise the technical capability of the SQL Engineering team through guidance and mentorship.
• Hands-On Development (~20%): Stay close to T-SQL development, optimization, and database modeling.
• Collaborate with Database Administration to maintain a development-focused scope around query performance and reliability.
• Improve database engineering practices around source control, peer review, testing, documentation, CI/CD, and deployment automation.
• Modernize thoughtfully to reduce technical debt while protecting production stability.
• Root-cause analysis to reduce recurring performance and reliability issues; durable engineering improvements.
• Define and maintain reliable data contracts with Analytics Engineering and Product teams.

Skills

Deep SQL expertise

Systems thinking

Pragmatic technical judgment

Technical influence

Operational discipline

Collaborative mentorship

Tools

DataDog

DPA

Flyway

Redgate

Liquibase

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Job description

Aeroflow Health is seeking a Developer DBA to advance database engineering beyond traditional production DBA duties. This role sits at the intersection of senior SQL engineering, architecture, code quality, and mentorship.

You will help establish standards, review code, and guide thoughtful modernization with a focus on performance and reliability. Hybrid candidates are preferred, but remote options are available with frequent visits to the Asheville, NC office during the initial months.