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# Database Performance Engineer

- **Company:** Prolifics
- **Location:** New York, NY, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Query Performance, Business Logic, Databases, Information Engineering, IBM DB2, Database Development, DB2 SQL, Performance Tuning, SQL Stored Procedures, Snowflake, Database Performance, Code Restructuring, Sql Tuning, Programming Languages
- **Published:** October 22, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerboard.com/us/en/find-jobs-in-United-States/-C89C5464EC470A2C5C/

## About the Role

* 8+ years of DB2 development experience, with strong hands-on SQL development skills.
 * 6+ years of DB2 SQL performance tuning experience.
 * 6+ years of experience developing and refactoring DB2 stored procedures.
 * 4+ years of Scala development experience.
 * Experience extracting/re-engineering database stored-procedure logic into Scala or a similar programming language.
 * 2+ years of hands-on Snowflake experience.
 * Strong understanding of Snowflake warehouses and Snowflake SQL performance tuning.
 * Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
 * Ability to troubleshoot complex database issues and think beyond routine database maintenance.

## Description

We are looking for a Database Performance Engineer with deep DB2 development and SQL performance tuning experience, along with strong Scala development skills and hands-on Snowflake experience., This is not a traditional DB2 DBA/maintenance role. We are looking for a data/database engineer who can analyze complex database issues, develop and optimize DB2 SQL and stored procedures, and identify opportunities to move database logic into Scala., * Develop, optimize, and troubleshoot complex DB2 SQL and database solutions.

 * Perform deep SQL performance tuning on DB2 databases.
 * Analyze database performance issues and approach problems with a DBA mindset.
 * Develop, refactor, and optimize DB2 stored procedures.
 * Identify stored procedures and business logic that can be extracted from DB2 and implemented in Scala or a similar programming language.
 * Rewrite existing stored-procedure logic using Scala where appropriate.
 * Work with Snowflake warehouses and Snowflake SQL, including query performance tuning.
 * Collaborate with data engineering and application teams to improve database performance and overall system efficiency.