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At Degreed, we help organizations build the skills they need to adapt, grow, and stay competitive. As a Senior Database Engineer, you’ll play a critical role in making that possible by designing, scaling, and operating the data foundations that power business-critical applications and insights across our platform.
This role exists to ensure our databases are performant, reliable, and built for long-term evolution as Degreed continues to grow. You’ll partner with engineering, product, and platform teams, including one day a week working from our Utah office, to turn complex requirements into durable data solutions that customers can trust.
Key Skills
- Deep understanding of relational data modeling concepts: Knowledge of normalization, denormalization, indexing strategies, and schema evolution patterns in SQL Server, applied to systems that grow in scale and complexity over time.
- Strong grounding in SQL Server performance mechanics: Understanding of query execution plans, indexing behavior, locking, concurrency, and resource usage, with the ability to reason about root causes of performance issues.
- Experience managing database change risk in production environments: Familiarity with schema versioning, backward-compatible changes, data migrations, and rollback strategies in systems with live traffic and uptime requirements.
- Working knowledge of cloud-based database architectures on Azure: Understanding of how availability, backups, recovery, scalability, and cost trade-offs work when operating SQL Server in Azure-hosted environments.
- Knowledge of database code quality and design standards: Familiarity with best practices for secure, maintainable database and data-access code, including review criteria, naming conventions, and design trade-offs.
- Ability to leverage AI tools and technologies relevant to the role: Experience using AI-assisted tools for query analysis, troubleshooting, optimization suggestions, or technical documentation to support database engineering workflows.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, evolve, and optimize SQL Server databases at scale: Create schemas, queries, stored procedures, and indexing strategies, and continuously refactor them to improve performance, reliability, and long-term maintainability in production systems.
- Own database changes and production stability: Plan, deploy, and validate schema and data changes with minimal downtime, clear rollback strategies, and hands-on response to performance, availability, and scalability incidents.
- Ensure database quality through reviews and testing: Lead database code reviews and maintain acceptance tests that validate correctness, performance, and reliability before changes reach production.
- Build and operate reliable data pipelines: Develop and maintain data flows between systems, ensuring data quality, consistency, and observability across environments.
- Partner with engineering and product to enable features: Collaborate with backend and frontend engineers, product managers, and designers to translate product needs into scalable data models, APIs, and user-facing capabilities.
- Apply Elasticsearch where it adds value: Support search, analytics, or observability use cases by combining Elasticsearch with relational data stores when appropriate.
- Document and align database practices across the platform: Maintain clear documentation of database architecture and standards, and align database strategies with platform, security, and reliability initiatives.
Compensation
Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to: skill set, depth of experience, certifications, specific work location, and internal equity.
Benefits
We take care of our people with a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your well-being, growth, and success.
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🌍 Diversity & Inclusion – We celebrate diverse perspectives and backgrounds, fostering an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive and contribute.
📈 Growth Mindset – Learning is at the heart of what we do. We empower our employees to continuously develop their skills and grow their careers in alignment with their unique strengths and aspirations.
🤝 Collaboration – The best ideas come from working together. We cultivate a culture of open communication, teamwork, and shared success.
By joining Degreed, you’ll be part of a community that values learning, collaboration, and meaningful impact. If you’re passionate about driving change through upskilling and workforce transformation, we encourage you to apply and contribute to our mission.
Work Environment & Physical DemandsDegreed offers flexible work arrangements tailored to each role. Some positions are fully remote, while others follow a hybrid model for employees near an office. Please check the job details for role-specific requirements.
For remote and hybrid roles, you’ll collaborate virtually using tools like Zoom and Slack. This role may require prolonged computer use and stationary work, with the ability to interpret written and verbal communication effectively.
We are committed to creating an inclusive and adaptable work environment that enables every team member to thrive and do their best work.
Degreed is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a workplace free from discrimination and harassment. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including recruitment, hiring, career development, compensation, and training.
💡 Accessibility & Accommodations – We are dedicated to full inclusion and will provide reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process. If you need assistance, please let us know.
🔍 Fair Hiring Practices – In compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
📄 E-Verify Participation – Degreed participates in the E-Verify employment verification program.
If you’re applying from specific regions, your personal data may be processed in line with applicable privacy laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). To understand how we handle applicant data, please review our Global Data Privacy Notice and related policies:
• Global Privacy Notice
• DPR Compliance Details
By submitting your application, you acknowledge and agree to our use and processing of your data in compliance with applicable laws.
Fraudulent Recruitment Warning 🚨Beware of fraudulent recruitment scams using the Degreed name. Scammers may impersonate our company, website, or hiring team. Degreed will never:
❌ Conduct recruitment via WhatsApp, Telegram, or direct-messaging platforms.
❌ Request sensitive personal or financial information in unsolicited communications.
❌ Offer jobs requiring upfront payments or promising unrealistic returns.
✅ Official Degreed communications will always come from a @degreed.com email address or phone number during the hiring process.
If you encounter suspicious activity, please report it immediately. Stay vigilant and protect yourself from fraud.
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