SQL Developer

SQL Developer

Hybrid | UK

We're working with a growing technology company that's looking to hire an experienced SQL Engineer to join its product development team.

This is a hands-on role focused on maintaining, optimising and evolving a large Azure SQL environment that sits at the heart of a business-critical software platform. You'll be joining a collaborative engineering team where you'll solve complex database performance issues, improve scalability and reliability, and play a key role in the ongoing development of a mature SQL estate.

If you enjoy analysing execution plans, tuning complex queries and solving challenging SQL performance problems, this is an excellent opportunity.

The role

Develop, enhance and maintain complex T-SQL stored procedures, functions and queries.

Investigate and resolve SQL performance issues using execution plans and performance analysis tools.

Optimise queries, indexing strategies and overall database performance.

Troubleshoot locking, blocking and other SQL Server performance issues.

Support database deployments across Development, Test and Production environments.

Collaborate with software engineers to deliver reliable, scalable database solutions.

Contribute to the ongoing improvement and modernisation of the Azure SQL platform.

What we're looking for

Strong commercial experience with SQL Server and Azure SQL Database.

Excellent T-SQL skills, including stored procedures, functions and complex queries.

Proven experience of SQL performance tuning and query optimisation.

Good understanding of SQL Server internals, indexing strategies and production troubleshooting.

Experience working within Agile development teams.

Strong communication skills and a proactive approach to problem-solving.

Nice to have

Query Store, DMVs or Extended Events.

Azure DevOps or CI/CD.

Redgate or other database deployment tools.

Experience supporting enterprise software or business-critical applications.

What's on offer?

This is an opportunity to join a growing technology business where SQL is central to the product. You'll have the chance to work on technically ...