Senior Backend Engineer – DPS Core, Data Engine Squad

CCC Intelligent Solutions

Senior Backend Engineer optimizing databases and modernizing systems at CCC Intelligent Solutions. Collaborating with teams to enhance claims management experiences with innovative technology.

Posted 6/26/2026full-timeRemote • Illinois • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $106,277 - $165,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

.NETSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Database Engineering & Modernization (60%)
Stored procedure refactoring: Analyze, optimize, and decompose complex stored procedures into smaller, testable, well-documented units
Performance engineering: Query tuning, indexing strategy, execution plan analysis, optimizing data access patterns
Schema evolution: Design backward-compatible schema changes with safe rollout/rollback patterns
Migration seams: Create facades, wrappers, and anti-corruption layers around stored procedures to enable gradual extraction of business logic into services
Legacy .NET Modernization (30%)
Refactor .NET Framework code supporting DPS workflows into maintainable, testable modules
Implement strangler fig patterns to incrementally move logic from database service layer while maintaining production stability
Build domain-aligned modules/services with clear contracts that enable the Domain & Services Squad to extract capabilities
Establish patterns for dependency injection, observability, and error handling in established .NET codebases
Operational Excellence (10%)
Implement performance baselines, regression detection, and alerting for data-intensive workflows
Participate in incident response for data/performance-related production issues
Create diagnostic tooling and runbooks to reduce time-to-resolution
Collaborate with SRE/DevOps on deployment safety (blue/green, feature flags, canary releases for schema changes)

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years of professional software development experience in object-oriented languages (C#/.NET required)
Expert-level SQL Server knowledge (SQL Server 2019)
Advanced query optimization (execution plans, index tuning, query hints)
Stored procedure, function, and trigger development/refactoring
Database design and normalization
Performance tuning at scale (multi-million row tables, complex joins, aggregations)
Understanding of indexing strategies (clustered, non-clustered, filtered, columnstore)
SQL Agent jobs and automated workflow patterns
Transaction isolation levels, locking, and concurrency management
C# and .NET Framework/.NET Core (legacy and modern)
Experience refactoring established systems while maintaining production stability
SQL source control (migrations, version control for schema/stored procedures)

Benefits

Comp & perks

401K Match
Paid time off
Annual Incentive Plan
Performance Bonus
Comprehensive health insurance
Adoption Assistance
Tuition Reimbursement
Wellness Programs
Stock Purchase Plan options
Employee Resource Groups

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Hard Skills & Tools

C#.NETSQL Serverquery optimizationstored procedure developmentdatabase designperformance tuningindexing strategiestransaction isolation levelsSQL source control

Soft Skills

collaborationincident responseproblem-solvingdocumentationperformance engineering