Ripple Effect Consulting LLC

Senior Database Developer, PL/SQL

Ripple Effect Consulting LLC

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: BoulderColoradoIllinoisUnited States

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Salary

💰 $130,000 - $160,000 per year

Job Level

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About the role

  • Design, develop, maintain, and optimize complex Oracle PL/SQL systems that support critical business logic across mission-critical applications.
  • Investigate and work within large legacy PL/SQL codebases to diagnose issues, interpret embedded business rules, refactor code for clarity, and improve long-term maintainability.
  • Perform in-depth data exploration to understand data structures, relationships, irregularities, and edge cases to strengthen system design and improve data quality.
  • Develop and optimize sophisticated SQL queries across large, highly relational datasets.
  • Tune SQL and PL/SQL performance using tools such as execution plans, optimizer statistics, trace files, hints, and indexing strategies.
  • Maintain the reliability, integrity, and scalability of database systems responsible for processing and transforming high volumes of data.
  • Contribute to architectural planning, database design guidelines, and coding standards with a focus on scalability and performance.
  • Work with Snowflake for data storage and synchronization while ensuring data consistency, accuracy, and performance across systems.
  • Support and mentor junior engineers through code reviews, technical guidance, and the promotion of high coding standards.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent hands-on experience
  • 6+ years of experience developing Oracle PL/SQL (or similar procedural database technologies) in production environments
  • Strong SQL expertise, including writing and optimizing queries across large relational datasets
  • Experience analyzing and improving complex legacy database code
  • Demonstrated ability to diagnose, tune, and optimize database performance
  • Experience working with data-intensive systems
  • Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving abilities
  • Ability to collaborate effectively within Agile, cross-functional teams
  • Experience with Snowflake or similar cloud data warehouse technologies
  • Familiarity with database change management tools such as Liquibase
  • Experience working in SaaS or cloud-based environments
  • Experience mentoring developers or performing code reviews
  • Exposure to energy markets, commodities trading, or financial data systems
Benefits
  • Salary: Up to $160k/annual DOE + Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, PTO, 401K)
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Hard Skills & Tools
Oracle PL/SQLSQLdata explorationdatabase performance tuninglegacy code analysisdatabase designdata quality improvementquery optimizationdata synchronizationdatabase change management
Soft Skills
analytical thinkingproblem-solvingcollaborationmentoringtechnical guidancecode reviewscommunicationleadershipteamworkadaptability
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science