SQL Developer Remote Part-time Contract

SherlockTalent; North Bay Village (FL); Hybrid; USD 55,104 - 123,984; Part time

Job summary

SherlockTalent is hiring a Senior SQL Developer to build an internal data intelligence platform in a pure Microsoft/Azure cloud environment. This hands-on role designs and evolves the database layer, owns the schema, and supports AI-driven document ingestion and analytics.

The position is remote, part-time with East Coast daytime meeting times; expect a fast-paced, data-centric environment and close collaboration with the CIO.

Qualifications

• Strong T-SQL skills with DDL, constraints and indexing.
• Azure SQL Database experience in Microsoft/Azure environment.
• Schema design and refactoring in live systems with versioned changes.
• Fluency in normalization patterns: lookup and junction tables.
• Audit trails and import/ETL logging structures design experience.
• Precise DECIMAL handling for pricing/financial data.
• Ability to read technical designs and implement faithfully.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement relational schemas in Azure SQL.
• Refactor and consolidate legacy structures without breaking dependencies.
• Build normalized designs with proper FK constraints and cascades.
• Design audit/import-logging structures for full traceability.
• Support AI-assisted document extraction pipelines and validation states.
• Integrate with Azure Blob Storage for document references.
• Implement data-quality logic: computed aggregates and outlier flags.
• Model role-based data access (edit vs read-only).

Skills

T-SQL

Azure SQL

Schema design

Normalization

Audit trails

ETL logging

DECIMAL data types

Design interpretation

AI data pipelines

Tools

Azure SQL Database

Azure Blob Storage

Job description

Position: SQL Developer, Remote Part-time, East Coast daytime meeting times requiredLevel: SeniorLocation: Remote, Part-time, East Coast United States timezoneCompensation: Hourly rate based on experienceReports to: CIO

The RoleSherlockTalent is hiring a SQL Developer to build an internal data intelligence platform — a database application that turns procurement documents into structured, queryable competitive intelligence. You'll design, build, and evolve the database layer in a purely Microsoft / Azure Cloud environment. You'll own the schema: designing new entities, refactoring legacy structures, and building the data foundation that powers AI-driven document ingestion and analytics.This is a hands-on build role. You'll work from detailed design references and real-world document cases, translating business rules directly into clean, enforceable database structure.

What You’ll Do

• Design and implement relational schemas in Azure SQL — new tables, new fields, and controlled extensions to existing reference data
• Refactor and consolidate legacy structures: merging duplicate entities, deprecating obsolete fields, and migrating data without breaking downstream dependencies
• Build normalized designs using lookup/reference tables, junction tables, and multi-level parent-child hierarchies with proper foreign keys and cascade rules
• Design audit and import-logging structures that capture full traceability for every data load — status states, error detail, user attribution, and raw payloads for reprocessing
• Support an AI-assisted document extraction pipeline: schemas that store raw AI output, staging/validation states, and alias-mapping structures for fuzzy entity matching
• Integrate with Azure Blob Storage — modeling document references and validated output artifacts at the schema level
• Implement data-quality logic at the database layer: computed aggregates, statistical fields (averages, standard deviation), and automated outlier flagging
• Get data typing right: correct numeric precision for financial values, proper handling of ranges, flags, and timestamps
• Model role-based access (edit vs. read-only) at the data level

Required Skills

• Strong T-SQL: DDL, constraints, foreign keys, cascade behavior, indexing
• Proven Azure SQL Database experience — this is a 100% Microsoft/Azure environment
• Schema design and refactoring in live systems: you've consolidated entities, deprecated fields, and versioned schema changes cleanly
• Deep fluency in normalization patterns: lookup tables, junction tables, one-to-many and many-to-many relationships
• Experience designing audit trails and import/ETL logging structures
• Precision with data types — especially DECIMAL handling for pricing/financial data and the pitfalls of integer truncation
• Ability to read a technical design reference and implement it faithfully, flagging conflicts and gaps rather than improvising silently
• Preferred Skills
• Experience supporting AI/LLM extraction pipelines (storing raw JSON responses, validation workflows, human-in-the-loop review states)
• Azure Blob Storage integration patterns
• Data validation and staging workflows (pending ? review ? complete lifecycles)
• Statistical computation in SQL (aggregates, deviation, outlier detection)
• Exposure to procurement, bidding, or pricing-data domains
• Environment
• Microsoft stack only: Azure SQL Database, Azure Blob Storage, Azure Cloud services
• Remote, part-time contract with flexible hours, EAST COAST REGULAR OFFICE HOURS Meeting time required
• Direct collaboration with the platform development team; design references provided