Lead MS SQL Developer

Duties & Responsibilities Design & development: Build robust schemas, tables, views, stored procedures, functions, and ETL/ELT pipelines in Microsoft SQL Server (Azure SQL, Managed Instance). Performance & reliability: Profile and tune queries, indexes, and execution plans; come up with solutions to improve the performance to meet SLAs. Data quality & governance: Implement constraints, validation, and auditing; contribute to data standards, naming conventions, and documentation. Integration: Build and maintain integrations with upstream/downstream systems and ensure transactional integrity. Collaboration: Work with application engineers and analysts to translate requirements into scalable database solutions; participate in code/design reviews. Support: Respond to any production issues with urgency. Requirements Basic Qualifications Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience. Proficient in SQL programming. Expert TSQL skills (set-based programming, window functions, CTEs, error handling, dynamic SQL, MERGE). Experience with the full software development lifecycle, including design, testing, deployment, and documentation activities. 8+ years of experience designing and implementing MS SQL Server database objects. 8+ years of full software development lifecycle experience, including independent analysis, coding, testing, and deployment. 8+ years of experience working with SQL Management Studio. Experience with ETL/ELT (SSIS or modern alternatives) and scheduling/orchestration. 8+ years of combined experience developing solutions with relational database technologies. Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git. Ability to debug complex stored procedures. Knowledge of file transmission methods such as SFTP. Understanding of batch command /PowerShell scripts. Preferred Qualifications Ability to understand C# code. Exposure to NoSQL stores (e.g., Cosmos DB, Redis, Couchbase)