Job Description
Title-Database developer with application experience
Location: 240 greenwich street nyc
Contract: 12 months to perm
Interview process: 2 video interviews to face to face interview (must face to face to meet team)
Must have: SQL development, either java or C#, front end, and devops
Key Responsibilities- Lead and execute complex SQL development as part of large-scale report migration:
- Rewrite and optimize complex SQL queries
- Translate existing Sybase-based reporting logic into SQL Server
- Analyze and improve table structures, indexing strategies, and query performance
- Develop and maintain full-stack reporting solutions:
- Database layer (SQL Server)
- Backend services (primarily Java-based microservices)
- Frontend UI (Angular)
- Work closely with business users to:
- Compare existing reports with proposed new versions
- Validate logic, data accuracy, and usability
- Translate business requirements into technical solutions
- Operate within a disciplined Agile/Scrum framework, collaborating with product managers, engineering leads, scrum leads, and global engineering teams
- Contribute to modern DevOps practices (container-based deployments, etc.)
Skill Requirements Core Technical (Hard Skills) Most Critical Skills (Must-Have)- Advanced SQL / Database Development
- Strong experience writing, refactoring, and optimizing complex SQL
- Performance tuning at the query and data-model level (not DBA-level engine tuning)
- Experience migrating reports or data logic between database platforms
- SQL Server expertise strongly preferred
- Prior experience with Sybase, Oracle, or other relational databases is acceptable
- Strong Data Modeling experience
Backend Development- Java is the preferred and primary backend language (bank standard)
- C# accepted as an alternative for strong candidates
- Experience deploying SQL-driven logic through microservices
Frontend Development- Angular
- Modern UI development using JavaScript/TypeScript, CSS
- Versions are generally current (within ~6 months of latest releases)
DevOps / Cloud (Secondary)- Containerization basics (Docker, Kubernetes concepts)
- Cloud exposure across AWS, Azure, or GCP (no single cloud required)
Work Distribution- 50 60% Database-focused development
- SQL rewriting, optimization, tuning, and migration work
- 40 50% Full-stack application development
- Backend services (Java/C#)
- Angular UI integration
This is
not a DBA role; it is a
developer role with deep database expertise.
Domain Experience (Nice-to-Have but Valuable)- Financial services or asset management experience
- Familiarity with:
- Trade lifecycle concepts
- Investment instruments
- Fund accounting or record-keeping platforms
- This domain knowledge reduces ramp-up time but is not mandatory
Skills
Agile Programming Methodologiesunmatched
Amazon Web Services (AWS)unmatched
Analysis Skillsunmatched
AngularJSunmatched
Asset Managementunmatched
CSS (Cascading Style Sheet)unmatched
Cloud Computingunmatched
Data Migrationunmatched
Data Modelingunmatched
Data Qualityunmatched
Database Administrationunmatched
Database Programmingunmatched
DevOpsunmatched
Editingunmatched
Financial Servicesunmatched
Fund Accountingunmatched
GCP (Good Clinical Practices)unmatched
Javaunmatched
JavaScriptunmatched
Microservicesunmatched
Microsoft C# (C Sharp)unmatched
Microsoft SQL Serverunmatched
Microsoft Windows Azureunmatched
Oracleunmatched
Performance Tuning/Optimizationunmatched
Product Engineeringunmatched
Query Optimizationunmatched
Record Keepingunmatched
Refactoringunmatched
Relational Databases (RDBMS)unmatched
Requirements Managementunmatched
SQL (Structured Query Language)unmatched
SQL Databasesunmatched
Scrum Project Management and Software Developmentunmatched
Sybase Product Familyunmatched
Usability Engineeringunmatched
User Interface/Experience (UI/UX)unmatched
Writing Skillsunmatched
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