Data Base Engineer
$170,000–$170,000 year
Hybrid · Chicago, Illinois, United States
Job Summary
Design and maintain relational database models end-to-end, translating business requirements into precise data schemas, tables, and relationships; write complex SQL and application code; contribute to UI and business-application prototypes bridging the data layer with user-facing experiences; evaluate, install, and configure database management systems and document design decisions; participate in QA and develop test application code in client-server environments; embed with engineering and product teams to set database standards and governance; success measured by mapped schemas, identified risks, and deliverables such as schema, data loading plans, or interface specifications; role expects ownership of data design decisions to improve reliability and performance; located in Chicago with a hybrid work model.
Required Qualifications
- Hands-on experience designing relational data models from business requirements
- Fluency in database design documentation: conceptual design, logical database, capacity planning, external data interface specification, data loading plans, security policy
- Ability to write and review complex SQL and application code; comfortable in client-server and web-enabled environments
- Experience evaluating and installing database management systems
- Strong commercial instinct to negotiate schema decisions and explain tradeoffs to non-technical stakeholders
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