Senior Database Engineer

Senior Database Engineer Skip to main content# Careers Senior Database Engineer page is loaded## Senior Database Engineer Apply locations:
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** About Auris
** Auris is the payroll and HR partner built for small and medium-sized businesses who can’t afford to get it wrong. Trusted by over 50,000 businesses nationwide, Auris pairs easy-to-use technology with real human services to give leaders the confidence that every detail is done right – so they can focus on growing their team and their business. Acquired by Acrisure in 2025, Auris formerly Heartland Payroll is accelerating its vision to deliver seamless human-centered technology to help small businesses thrive.
** Summary of This Role
** The Lead Data Engineer is a senior individual contributor (IC) on the Auris Data Engineering team, serving as the technical anchor for the team’s database and pipeline platform. This role is responsible for designing, building, and optimizing data solutions across Oracle, Azure SQL, and Snowflake—while also providing backup Oracle DBA coverage. The ideal candidate brings hands-on expertise in SQL engineering, ELT pipeline development, and dbt, with the ability to lead through technical excellence, mentor peers, and deliver reliable, high-quality data products that power Auris’s payroll and HR platform.
** What You’ll Do
**** SQL Development & Database Engineering
*** Design, develop, and optimize complex SQL queries, stored procedures, functions, triggers, and views across Oracle (PL/SQL), Azure SQL (T-SQL), and Snowflake SQL.
* Conduct query performance analysis and tuning using execution plans, indexing strategies, partitioning, and statistics management.
* Establish and enforce SQL coding standards, naming conventions, and code-review processes across the team.
** ELT Pipeline Development & dbt
*** Architect and develop ELT pipelines that ingest, transform, and serve data across Oracle, Azure SQL, and Snowflake.
* Build, maintain, and govern dbt models (sources, staging, intermediate, mart layers) following modular, tested, and documented design principles.
* Implement dbt schema tests and custom data quality tests to embed data quality gates into every pipeline.
* Collaborate with Analytics and Data Engineering teams to translate business logic into reliable, version-controlled transformation code.
* Leverage orchestration tools (Azure Data Factory or equivalent) to schedule and monitor pipeline execution.
** Snowflake & Azure SQL Platform Engineering
*** Design and manage Snowflake objects: databases, schemas, virtual warehouses, stages, streams, tasks, and dynamic tables.
* Implement Snowflake performance best practices including clustering keys, materialized views, result cache, and warehouse right-sizing.
* Develop and maintain Azure SQL databases; tune workloads using Query Store and Intelligent Query Processing.
* Support Snowflake and Azure SQL security configurations including RBAC, TDE, Row-Level Security, and Dynamic Data Masking.
** Oracle Database Administration (Backup DBA)
*** Serve as backup Oracle DBA for production and lower environments (Oracle 19c/21c).
* Perform DBA tasks: tablespace management, RMAN backup & recovery, patching coordination, and AWR/ASH performance analysis.
* Diagnose Oracle performance issues using SQL Tuning Advisor, execution plans, and SQL Monitor.
* Support Oracle-to-cloud migration efforts including schema conversion and data validation.
** Technical Leadership & Collaboration
*** Act as technical lead and SME for SQL development and database engineering across project teams.
* Mentor junior and mid-level engineers through code reviews, pairing sessions, and documentation.
* Contribute to CI/CD integration of database changes using tools such as dbt Cloud, Flyway, or Git Hub Actions.
* Participate in sprint planning, architecture reviews, and cross-functional data initiatives.
** What Are We Looking for in this Role?
**** Qualifications
* ** 7+ years of hands-on SQL development experience in a professional data engineering or database engineering role.
* 5+ years of Oracle database experience including…