Cloud Data Engineer
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Principal Data Engineer
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full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States
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Lead
Tech Stack
CloudOracle
About the role
- Evaluate and lead efforts to normalize the database architecture and optimize data models for performance and scalability
- Assess current database bottlenecks, long-running queries, and performance issues, designing and implementing optimization strategies
- Design data architecture patterns to migrate business logic from Oracle stored procedures to proper application tiers in collaboration with application engineers
- Develop database modernization roadmap for read-optimization and tighter integration with modern BI tools
- Lead strategic decisions on database patterns, indexing strategies, partitioning, and data lifecycle management
- Evaluate and replace our custom-built database deployment tool with enterprise-grade solutions
- Design and implement robust database deployment pipelines across multiple environments
- Architect database CI/CD processes that ensure reliability, repeatability, and auditability of schema changes
- Lead database migration strategies from write-optimized to read-optimized architectures
- Design and implement database observability, monitoring, and alerting solutions
- Analyze and optimize long-running queries and database performance issues impacting customer experience
- Design and implement database changes that support cloud-native application patterns
- Collaborate with Solution Architect on data strategy and phased database modernization approaches
- Work closely with Principal Application Engineers to ensure application and database architectures are optimally aligned
- Mentor and teach engineering teams on database best practices, performance optimization, and modern data patterns
- Drive adoption of database standards and hold teams accountable to data quality and performance requirements
Requirements
- Minimum 10+ years of hands-on database engineering and architecture experience, with at least 5 years focused on enterprise-scale database systems
- 8+ years of deep Oracle database expertise including performance tuning, query optimization, and enterprise-scale deployments
- Proven track record of modernizing legacy database architectures and migrating business logic from databases to application tiers
- Strong experience with database deployment automation, CI/CD pipelines, and enterprise database tooling
- Experience with database normalization, data modeling, and designing for both transactional and analytical workloads
- Understanding of read-optimization patterns, indexing strategies, and integration with modern BI platforms
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent work experience.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- 401(k) matching
- Flexible work hours
- Paid time off
- Remote work options
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
database architecturedata modelingperformance tuningquery optimizationdatabase deployment automationCI/CD pipelinesdatabase normalizationread-optimizationindexing strategiescloud-native application patterns
Soft skills
leadershipmentoringcollaborationstrategic decision-makingcommunication
Certifications
Bachelor's degree in Computer ScienceBachelor's degree in Engineering
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