Developer DBA

Aeroflow Health • Asheville, NC

2h • Hybrid

About The Position

Aeroflow’s Internal SQL Engineering team is comprised of approximately 10 SQL Engineers and works closely with our Database Administration, Application Engineering, Analytics Engineering, and Product teams. The team owns the database logic, schema architecture, and T-SQL development behind business-critical internal applications and customer-facing web systems. We are seeking a Developer DBA who can help define what great database engineering looks like at Aeroflow. This is not a traditional production DBA role centered primarily on backups, recovery, or disaster planning. Instead, this position sits at the intersection of senior SQL engineering, database architecture, code quality, and technical mentorship. You’ll help establish engineering standards, review and improve SQL code, guide architectural decisions, and modernize our database environment thoughtfully—without treating “new” as automatically better than stable, maintainable, and valuable. Hybrid candidates are preferred; however, remote candidates will absolutely be considered and are encouraged to apply. For a remote hire, we anticipate more frequent travel to our Asheville, NC office during the first few months to build relationships with the SQL Engineering team, with travel decreasing significantly thereafter.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional SQL engineering experience or 3+ years of development-focused DBA experience; equivalent combinations of SQL engineering and DBA experience will also be considered.
• Deep production expertise with Microsoft SQL Server, including database architecture, data modeling, T-SQL development, query optimization, and index optimization.
• Demonstrated experience reviewing SQL code and establishing or improving engineering and development standards.
• Hands-on experience with database deployments and modern database engineering workflows, including source control, CI/CD, deployment automation, testing, and monitoring.
• Experience with database modeling and designing maintainable schemas for production applications.
• Experience with database engineering and operational tooling such as DataDog, DPA, Flyway, Redgate, Liquibase, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or comparable technologies.
• Experience implementing or working with data contracts, APIs, or other defined interfaces between transactional databases and downstream consumers.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence and mentor technical peers.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with large-scale databases of approximately 1TB or greater, where database organization, performance, and tuning require additional scale-specific considerations.
• Experience leading or contributing significantly to a database modernization or platform transformation initiative across legacy and modern systems.
• Experience with Azure SQL, AWS RDS for SQL Server, managed database platforms, Infrastructure as Code, or DevOps automation.
• Knowledge of data warehousing, ETL, data integration, analytics platforms, or Microsoft Access applications in enterprise environments.
• Experience establishing database development standards across a team or organization.
• Experience coaching or mentoring SQL Engineers or other technical professionals.
• Experience using AI-assisted engineering tools responsibly to improve analysis, documentation, development, or code review.

Responsibilities

• Review SQL engineering work and help establish clear standards for high-quality, maintainable T-SQL, database design, and development practices.
• Serve as a senior database resource to our Technology teams, helping engineers make sound decisions around schema design, implementation, performance, and database architecture.
• Help raise the technical capability of the SQL Engineering team through practical guidance, feedback, knowledge sharing, and technical mentorship.
• Remain close to the code through T-SQL development, optimization, database modeling, and targeted platform improvements.
• Partner closely with Database Administration while maintaining a development-focused scope centered on query performance, T-SQL logic, schema architecture, and reliability.
• Improve database engineering practices around source control, peer review, testing, documentation, CI/CD, deployment automation, and post-deployment validation.
• Modernize thoughtfully by reducing technical debt, operational risk, and unnecessary manual effort while protecting production stability.
• Reduce recurring performance and reliability issues through root-cause analysis, T-SQL optimization, observability, and durable engineering improvements.
• Partner with Analytics Engineering and Product teams to define and maintain reliable data contracts, helping ensure database changes do not unexpectedly disrupt downstream systems or data pipelines.
• Employee has an individual responsibility for knowledge of and compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and company policies.
• Compliance is a condition of employment and is considered an element of job performance.
• Maintain HIPAA and patient confidentiality.
• Maintain regular and reliable attendance as assigned by your schedule.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Benefits

• Competitive Pay
• Health Plans with FSA or HSA options
• Dental
• Vision Insurance
• Optional Life Insurance
• 401K with Company Match
• 12 weeks of parental leave for birthing parent
• 4 weeks leave for non-birthing parent(s)
• Additional Parental benefits to include fertility stipends, free diapers, breast pump
• Paid Holidays
• PTO Accrual from day one
• Employee Assistance Programs

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed