Principal Database Engineer

We’re looking for talented professionals to join us in bringing smart money management and payment solutions to everyone’s fingertips.

This position is classified as structured hybrid, with an expectation of a minimum of three (3) days per week working in the office and flexibility to work remotely on the remaining days. On-site expectations may evolve over time to support business needs, with clear communication provided in advance.

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JOB DESCRIPTION

Location Requirement
This position is open only to candidates who currently reside in one of the following approved locations:

New York, NY; Birmingham, AL; Miami, FL; Tampa, FL; Blue Ash or Cincinnati, OH; or Los Angeles, CA

Job Summary

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Principal Database Engineer for large-scale data solutions. You will join a team delivering a transformative next-gen cloud hosted data platform.

The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in implementing NoSQL data stores, real-time event data streaming and transformation pipelines for large scale organizations. We are seeking someone with deep technical skills in a variety of technologies to play an important role in developing and delivering early proofs of concept and production implementation requiring high TPS (1000+ transactions/second). The successful candidate will have hands-on experience in a multitude of data domains; including but not limited to; 24 x 7 x 365 enterprise and cloud database infrastructure design and management, security, database design, database development, database tuning, service delivery, incident tracking, and change management.

Key Responsibilities

• Architecting and managing various OLTP application data models associated primarily with NoSQL DBs (Cosmos DB) and additionally Relational DBs (Azure SQL, MS SQL Server or similar)

• Ensuring database features and capabilities are incorporated into data model designs to optimize performance, resiliency, and scalability (with millions of active accounts transacting with very high TPS)

• Architecting and designing enterprise-wide data strategy for data modeling, data pipelines, and data integrations across various environments and technology stacks

• Designing and implementing performant data movement pipelines using real-time event data streams (Apache Kafka, Azure Event Hub, AWS Kinesis, etc)

• Defining and documenting enterprise-wide database standards, patterns & best practice for larger scale adoption for accelerated delivery around data domains

• Bringing thought leadership through understanding the key business objectives and strategically providing data integration solutions to support various data domains

• Clear understanding of Entity Framework concepts and database design supporting microservices architecture development patterns

• Ensuring data security and privacy standards are implemented, including- role-based security, encryption, tokenization, and obfuscation

• Performing problem-solving of application issues and production errors, including high-level critical production issues that require immediate attention

• Developing the data architecture and governance models for systems of engagement and providing the framework for integrating source systems with the transactional databases and/or data warehouses; Ensuring data architectural designs are consistent, maintainable, flexible, extensible, and cost-effective

• Leading and mentoring a team of data engineers by setting standards and best practices for designing and architecting cloud-based data and reporting applications

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field preferred

• 12+ years of overall software development experience required (with heavy focus on database centric development)

• 4+ years of hands-on development experience with combination of NoSQL DBs (Cosmos DB, MongoDB / Cassandra or similar)

• 1+ year of hands-on development experience with Azure Cosmos DB

• 2+ years of hands-on development experience with event based streaming technologies (Apache Kafka / Azure Event Hub or similar)

• Strong knowledge and experience in data modeling & design with relational and NoSQL DBs

• Experience with RDMBS (primarily MS SQL Server and Azure SQL); proficiency with advanced SQL concepts (T-SQL, PL/SQL, etc.) that process millions of transactions daily with very high processing rates to support mission-critical databases

• Advanced understanding of SQL engine internals to help design and tune databases to get the optimal performance

• Experience building and scaling distributed, highly available systems in cloud env (Azure / AWS)

• Expertise in understanding complex business needs, analyzing, designing, and developing solutions

• Experience working in a Dev/Ops environment with tools such as Azure Dev Ops, Microsoft Visual Studio Team Services, Chef, Puppet or Terraform

• Experience in handling structured and semi-structured data forms like JSON/XML and normalization of data structures

Preferred Qualifications

• Financial technology domain knowledge

• Knowledge of SQL Server including T-SQL, the writing of complex stored procedures, optimization for performance, and SSIS packages

• Experience with .NET, MVC, C# HTML5 CSS3 AJAX jQuery IIS and Java script

• Microsoft Azure Data Engineer or other cloud certifications

**Ability to work in the U.S. without sponsorship**
**Ability to meet the location requirement outlined above**

POSITION TYPE

Regular

PAY RANGE

The targeted full-time base salary for this position is $134,100 to $201,100 per year. The final compensation will be determined by a number of factors such as qualifications, expertise, and the candidate’s geographical location.

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We’re Here to Support You—Accommodations Upon Request

Green Dot is committed to providing an inclusive and accessible hiring experience for all candidates. If you require a reasonable accommodation during any part of the application or interview process, we encourage you to let us know. We will work with you to meet your needs in a way that respects your privacy and ensures equal opportunity. Our goal is to support every applicant in showcasing their talents and potential.

Work Authorization Requirement
At Green Dot Corporation, we value diversity and strive for fair and inclusive hiring practices. However, we are currently unable to offer visa sponsorship. All applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of application and throughout the duration of employment, without the need for current or future sponsorship.

Important Notice on Application Accuracy
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