Database Engineer – Assistant Vice President

State Street

Database Engineer enhancing Charles River IMS modules for FinTech company. Collaborating with cross-functional teams on database solutions and technology innovation.

Posted 7/1/2026full-timeGdansk • 🇵🇱 PolandLead💰 PLN 182,004 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

MS SQL ServerOracleRDBMSSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Join us as a leading technical contributor to the enhancement and maintenance of one or more Charles River IMS modules or components of an agile scrum team
Be a part of strategic development projects and contribute to mission-critical optimization, resiliency, and performance improvement work for our clients
Collaborate with engineering, product, QA and sales teams to drive the platform innovation and modernization
Design and implement scalable, performant and highly available distributed database solutions
Collaborate with peers across scrum teams to design and deliver database design conforming to database best practices and meet business and application requirements
Create and maintain comprehensive documentation of database design, data models, configurations, and processes
Write complex SQL queries, stored procedures, and script to support application development
Optimize performance through indexing, SQL query optimization, and other database tuning techniques
Monitor database performance metrics, analyze and identify bottlenecks, and recommend short-term and long-term solutions
Implement and manage database security, including access controls, encryption, and auditing
Collaborate with production DBA team to troubleshoot and resolve database production issue in timely manner
Monitor and maintain database health to ensure data integrity, availability, and disaster recovery
Perform database installation, configuration, and upgrades in lower environments
Provide thought leadership on the topic of database technologies and data modeling within and beyond the team’s scope of responsibility
Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including engineering, SaaS Operation, support, and implementation, to ensure seamless integration of database systems
Provide technical mentorship to junior database engineers

Requirements

What you’ll need

5 to 7+ years of professional software engineering experience with enterprise applications backed with RDBMS databases or Snowflake
Extensive hands-on experience in RDBMS and distributed data platforms as a database developer
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to troubleshoot and resolve database related issues
Proficiency in SQL performance tuning in MS SQL Server, Oracle, or Snowflake
Strong track record of building high performance, production quality software on schedule
Ability to work independently, handle multiple tasks simultaneously and adapt quickly to changes
Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
A minimum of 5 years working with an Agile development methodology strongly desired

Benefits

Comp & perks

Permanent contract from day one
Additional holidays (Birthday Day Off, 3rd and 5th year anniversary Day Off)
Gold Medical Package for employees and their families (partner and children)
Premium life insurance package and private pension plan
Wide range of soft skills training, technical workshops, language classes and development programs
Opportunities to volunteer your time to company-driven initiatives, employee networks or organizations of your choice
Variety of well-being programs
Additional benefits available depending on the seniority of the role

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Hard Skills & Tools

SQLDatabase OptimizationStored ProceduresDatabase InstallationData ModelingDatabase Health MonitoringIndexing TechniquesDatabase ConfigurationDisaster RecoveryPerformance Metrics Analysis

Soft Skills

Analytical Problem-SolvingExcellent CommunicationAdaptabilityTechnical MentorshipCollaboration