Sr. Database Engineer

Trader Corporation is the team behind Canada’s leading automotive marketplace, autoTRADER.ca. We are a technology driven company that creates world class solutions for our users and dealer customers.

We are expanding and need a Senior Database Developer to join one of our teams.

We are looking for a seasoned Senior Database Engineer to join our team.

Key Areas of Responsibility

• Design and develop elegant database solutions which are end-to end : from technical analysis and data implementation / architecture, through to unit testing, development, and integration testing.
• Create and maintain schema objects, including complex store procedures, indexes, triggers, and scripts.
• Participate in thorough code-reviews and use your eye for clean data structures to support maintenance and extensibility.
• Perform root cause analysis on defects, identify corrective action, and liaise with production support to resolve issues.
• Analyse query performance and perform index tuning.
• Administration of SQL databases including security, backup, restore, auditing and replication.
• Work with the rest of the team to evaluate the suitability of 3rd party packages and solutions.
• Maintain continuous integration and continuous deployment for data apps, while keeping data environments synchronize.
• Participate in paid on-call rotation schedule to respond to alerts, as well as prioritize system improvements identified as part of monitoring.

Required Skills

• Extensive knowledge of SQL Server, Azure SQL, and data analysis with expertise in stored procedures, functions, queries, views, and triggers.
• Knowledge of Microsoft products including Azure Blog / Table storage, DocumentDB, Azure SQL, and Azure Data Factory.
• Knowledgeable in SQL tools like SSRS & SSIS.
• Strong experience with XML-based data design.
• Working experience on high-traffic websites and databases, while leveraging techniques to enable performance availability, security, and monitoring.
• Ability to deliver non-relational data stores when appropriate.
• Able to conceptualize a technical solution and relay it to other team members and stakeholders.
• Work with Trader’s architecture group to implement software against reference specification.
• Experience in building unit, component, and integration tests and knowledge of how to use this as a system contract between other system end points.
• Know how to work with source code management and delivery platforms like Github, Azure Dev Ops, and JIRA in a distributed team environment.
• Some exposure to C# development, including an understanding of SOLID principles.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Able to work with a team.

Required Experience

• University Degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science or related subject.
• 5+ years of experience in the online software industry; strong knowledge of data design, functionality, and scaled architectures.
• Expert level experience with Microsoft database development.
23 days ago