Database Developer

Probal DasGupta•Washington DC, WA

15h•Hybrid

About The Position

We are building a team for one of the U.S. Federal Government's largest technology modernization programs, underpinning the U.S. capital markets. Built on AWS and leveraging an AI-powered software engineering platform, this program offers a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience with next-generation AI, Agentic AI, cloud technologies, and AI-driven engineering. If you are looking for technically challenging work, exceptional learning, and a résumé-defining opportunity with national impact, I would love to connect.

Requirements

3+ years of database development experience.
Experience developing database solutions for enterprise applications.
Experience working within Agile software development environments.
SQL development.
Database design and development.
Data modeling fundamentals.
Relational and/or NoSQL databases.
Database performance tuning.
AWS database services (Aurora, RDS, DynamoDB, or similar).
ETL/ELT development.
Database security and data integrity.
Strong problem-solving and communication skills.
U.S. work authorization.
Ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance.

Nice To Haves

Amazon Redshift experience.
Experience developing data pipelines on AWS.
Federal government or other high-volume transaction system experience.
Familiarity with AI-assisted database development tools.
Experience supporting cloud-native application architectures.
Knowledge of CI/CD practices supporting database deployments.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain relational and NoSQL database schemas supporting enterprise application workloads.
Develop SQL queries, stored procedures, database objects, and data access components.
Build, maintain, and optimize ETL/ELT pipelines supporting application and reporting requirements.
Optimize database performance through indexing, query tuning, and execution-plan analysis.
Support logical and physical data modeling activities across AWS database platforms.
Develop database solutions using AWS services including Amazon Aurora, Amazon RDS, DynamoDB, and Amazon S3.
Ensure database security, integrity, backup, recovery, and compliance with enterprise standards.
Collaborate with application developers, architects, and DevOps engineers to implement efficient data access strategies.
Troubleshoot production database issues and support ongoing performance improvements.
Utilize AI-assisted development tools to improve database development productivity and code quality.