Experienced Principal Database Engineer – SQL Server Expertise for Large-Scale Database Platforms and FinTech Innovations

Introduction to FinThrive and Our Mission

FinThrive is at the forefront of advancing the healthcare economy, and we're committed to making a significant impact through our innovative solutions. As a leader in healthcare revenue management, we're dedicated to delivering exceptional results and fostering a culture of customer-centricity, agility, reliability, and engagement. Our award-winning culture is built on a foundation of integrity, ethics, and a passion for excellence, making FinThrive an exceptional place to work and grow.

About the Role: Principal Database Engineer

As a Principal Database Engineer at FinThrive, you will play a critical role in driving the architecture and operational support for our large, complex database platform. This platform powers a key foundational FinThrive product, and your expertise will be instrumental in ensuring its performance, scalability, and reliability. You will work closely with multiple software development scrum teams, providing database refactoring, coding, and performance tuning support to drive business outcomes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Take full ownership and responsibility for the architecture and operational support of our large, complex database platform, ensuring high availability, performance, and scalability.
• Collaborate with software development scrum teams to provide database refactoring, coding, and performance tuning support, driving business outcomes and delivering exceptional results.
• Work in a self-directed, proactive manner to identify problems and opportunities for improvement, seeing them through to implementation and driving continuous improvement.
• Interface with application engineering, product management, application architecture, and infrastructure DBA teams to drive solutions and improvements to the data platform, ensuring alignment and collaboration.
• Proactively monitor performance and failure scenarios within the database platform, iteratively driving improvements to automated monitoring and alerting, and ensuring prompt response to production incidents/outages.
• Respond to related production incidents/outages as the primary database on-call resource, taking point on database-related restoration and root-cause-analysis activities, and collaborating with DBA, infrastructure, and application support teams.
• Craft and refine a roadmap to drive simplification and modernization of the database architecture, collaborating with the application engineering team to deliver exceptional results.
• Identify performance capacity requirements by analyzing workloads and taking information from prospective product onboarding plans, ensuring proactive planning and resource allocation.

Essential Qualifications and Skills:

To succeed in this role, you will need:

• 5+ years of SQL Server DBA and database development experience, with a deep understanding of SQL Server, AlwaysOn Availability Groups, SQL Server Replication Services, and SQL Server Integration services deployment, administration, monitoring, and troubleshooting.
• Firsthand experience with managing SQL Server data replication/synchronization technologies to facilitate high availability and disaster recovery scenarios.
• Significant experience with resolving complex technical SQL Server database-related issues, with a strong analytical and problem-solving mindset.
• Excellent understanding of and experience with relational database architecture and database implementations/monitoring/maintenance within SQL Server.
• Experience automating SQL Server administration tasks and workflows, with a focus on efficiency, scalability, and reliability.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications and Skills:

• Bachelor's Degree in MIS, IT, Computer Science, or a related field, with a strong foundation in computer science and software engineering principles.
• Knowledge of Transparent Data Encryption, with experience implementing and managing encryption technologies in large-scale database environments.
• Firm understanding of Azure database technologies, including Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance, with experience deploying and managing cloud-based database solutions.

Career Growth Opportunities and Learning Benefits:

At FinThrive, we're committed to helping you grow and develop your skills and expertise. As a Principal Database Engineer, you will have access to:

• Ongoing training and professional development opportunities, with a focus on emerging technologies and industry trends.
• Mentorship and coaching from experienced leaders and experts in the field, with a focus on career growth and advancement.
• Opportunities to work on high-impact projects and initiatives, driving business outcomes and delivering exceptional results.
• A collaborative and dynamic work environment, with a focus on innovation, creativity, and teamwork.

Work Environment and Company Culture:

FinThrive is proud of our agile and committed culture, which makes us an exceptional place to work. Our core values of customer-centricity, agility, reliability, and engagement are at the heart of everything we do, and we're committed to fostering a work environment that is:

• Collaborative and dynamic, with a focus on teamwork and open communication.
• Innovative and creative, with a focus on emerging technologies and industry trends.
• Customer-centric, with a focus on delivering exceptional results and driving business outcomes.
• Committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, with a focus on fostering a workplace culture that is welcoming and inclusive to all.

Compensation, Perks, and Benefits:

FinThrive offers a competitive compensation package, with a focus on rewarding and recognizing exceptional performance. Our perks and benefits include:

• A comprehensive health and wellness program, with access to medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• A 401(k) retirement savings plan, with company matching and vesting schedules.
• A generous paid time off policy, with vacation, sick leave, and holidays.
• Opportunities for professional development and growth, with access to training, mentorship, and coaching.
• A dynamic and collaborative work environment, with a focus on innovation, creativity, and teamwork.

Conclusion:

If you're a motivated and experienced database engineer looking for a new challenge, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity. As a Principal Database Engineer at FinThrive, you will play a critical role in driving the architecture and operational support for our large, complex database platform, and contributing to the success of our business. With a focus on innovation, creativity, and teamwork, we're committed to helping you grow and develop your skills and expertise, and delivering exceptional results for our customers and stakeholders.

Submit Your Application:

Seize this opportunity to make a significant impact and apply now. Take the first step towards a rewarding new role and join our team of exceptional professionals who are passionate about advancing the healthcare economy.