Senior SQL Developer

Harvey Nash
London, UK
1 day ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Compensation
£33,000.0 - £65,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

ASP.NET Amazon Web Services C Sharp (Programming Language) Cloud Computing Data Integrity Database Queries Database Security DevOps Elasticsearch Enterprise Messaging Systems Microsoft SQL Server Platform as a Service (PAAS)
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Performance Tuning Standard Sql Service-Oriented Architecture SQL Stored Procedures SQL Databases SQL Server Integration Services Transact-SQL Database Optimization Software Troubleshooting Indexer Sentry Apache Kafka Terraform

Job description

  • Design and optimise complex T-SQL stored procedures, functions, views and triggers
  • Own performance tuning, including indexing strategies, execution plans, partitioning and statistics
  • Conduct deep root-cause analysis on production performance issues
  • Contribute to schema design, capacity planning and lifecycle management
  • Ensure data integrity, security and compliance best practices
  • Collaborate closely with engineering, architecture and DevOps teams
  • Act as a data leader and mentor within the wider team

Technologies:

  • DevOps
  • Kafka
  • PaaS
  • SQL
  • Security
  • SSIS
  • ASP.NET
  • AWS
  • C#
  • Cloud
  • ElasticSearch
  • Sentry
  • Terraform, We are a growing UK-based PaaS provider in the gambling and gaming sector. We are hiring a Senior SQL Server Developer to serve as the subject-matter expert for SQL Server in a high-traffic, 24/7, performance-critical environment. This is a remote role with occasional travel to Oxford. We offer a salary of £60,000-£80,000 plus quarterly bonus, and you will work in a collaborative engineering culture where technical excellence is genuinely valued.

Requirements

  • Strong hands-on experience with SQL Server 2016+
  • Advanced query writing and optimisation
  • Execution plan analysis and performance troubleshooting
  • Deep understanding of indexing, locking and concurrency
  • SSIS experience
  • Service Broker / messaging systems (SSSB, Kafka)
  • Database security, roles and best practices

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