Senior Staff Database Engineer

You will be joining a team at Q2, a leading provider of digital banking and lending solutions, where you will have the opportunity to make a difference in building strong and diverse communities through innovative financial technology. **Role Overview:** As a Senior Staff Database Engineer at Q2, your main responsibilities will include: - Identifying, analyzing, and resolving complex SQL performance and scalability issues - Deeply analyzing execution plans, indexing strategies, concurrency, locking, and resource utilization - Designing and implementing durable performance improvements across queries, schemas, and workloads - Building automation and tooling to detect, diagnose, and remediate database performance issues - Partnering with application and platform teams to improve database access patterns and system design - Establishing, documenting, and enforcing database performance best practices - Clearly explaining complex technical concepts and trade-offs to both technical and non-technical audiences **Key Responsibilities:** - Lead the design and implementation of business intelligence solutions, data architecture, analytics frameworks, governance protocols, and data quality standards - Serve as a subject matter expert in database performance, scalability, and security - Develop and enforce enterprise standards, policies, and procedures - Partner with senior leadership to align data architecture with business strategy - Lead major modernization, migration, or transformation projects - Mentor other technical staff and lead knowledge-sharing efforts - Evaluate technology trends and make strategic recommendations **Qualifications Required:** - A proven track record of improving database performance at scale - Strong written and verbal communication skills - Ability to mentor engineers and influence architecture and design decisions - Comfortable operating as a technical authority across teams - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field with a minimum of 12 years of related experience, or an advanced degree with 8+ years of experience, or equivalent related work experience - Recognized expert in database design, architecture, and optimization - Experience with cloud-native and distributed database solutions - Strong cross-functional collaboration and communication skills **Additional Details:** This position at Q2 offers hybrid work opportunities, flexible time off, career development and mentoring programs, health and wellness benefits including competitive health insurance offerings and generous paid parental leave for eligible new parents, community volunteering and company philanthropy programs, and employee peer recognition programs. Q2 fosters a supportive, inclusive environment where career growth, collaboration, and wellness are prioritized. The company encourages giving back through volunteer work and nonprofit support, believing in making an impact in the industry and community. Q2 is an Equal Opportunity Employer, promoting diversity and inclusion in the workplace. You will be joining a team at Q2, a leading provider of digital banking and lending solutions, where you will have the opportunity to make a difference in building strong and diverse communities through innovative financial technology. **Role Overview:** As a Senior Staff Database Engineer at Q2, your main responsibilities will include: - Identifying, analyzing, and resolving complex SQL performance and scalability issues - Deeply analyzing execution plans, indexing strategies, concurrency, locking, and resource utilization - Designing and implementing durable performance improvements across queries, schemas, and workloads - Building automation and tooling to detect, diagnose, and remediate database performance issues - Partnering with application and platform teams to improve database access patterns and system design - Establishing, documenting, and enforcing database performance best practices - Clearly explaining complex technical concepts and trade-offs to both technical and non-technical audiences **Key Responsibilities:** - Lead the design and implementation of business intelligence solutions, data architecture, analytics frameworks, governance protocols, and data quality standards - Serve as a subject matter expert in database performance, scalability, and security - Develop and enforce enterprise standards, policies, and procedures - Partner with senior leadership to align data architecture with business strategy - Lead major modernization, migration, or transformation projects - Mentor other technical staff and lead knowledge-sharing efforts - Evaluate technology trends and make strategic recommendations **Qualifications Required:** - A proven track record of improving database performance at scale - Strong written and verbal communication skills - Ability to mentor engineers and influence architecture and design decisions - Comfortable operating as a technical authority a