Senior Database Engineer
Senior Database Engineer
eClinical Solutions is transforming clinical development with elluminate®, our Clinical Data Cloud, helping life sciences organizations unify, analyze, and unlock the value of their data faster than ever before. By combining a modern cloud platform with expert data services, we empower smarter decisions across the clinical trial lifecycle—accelerating innovation that ultimately improves patient outcomes.
Our engineering teams build enterprise-grade, revenue-generating products at the intersection of cloud, data, analytics, and emerging AI technologies. If you’re excited about building sophisticated software that makes a real-world impact in healthcare, this is the place to do it.
You will make an impact:
As a Senior Database Engineer, you will be a key member of the elluminate product development team. You will ensure that the data layer of our next-generation cloud platform is optimized for performance, scalability, and security. You will be responsible for managing and maintaining our SQL Server databases, supporting data integrations, and working closely with software engineers to develop and maintain robust and efficient data architectures.
Your day to day:
Manage, maintain, and optimize SQL Server databases, ensuring performance, availability, and security
Manage, maintain, and optimize Databricks databases, ensuring performance, availability, and security
Manage, maintain, and optimize document databases, ensuring performance, availability, and security
Collaborate with the Software Engineering team to design and implement database structures and queries that meet the needs of our applications
Review and analyze query code to identify and resolve performance issues, ensuring efficient database operations
Monitor and tune database systems for optimal performance and reliability
Conduct database migrations, upgrades, backups, and recovery processes as needed
Assist the development team in troubleshooting and optimizing queries, stored procedures, and performance bottlenecks
Contribute to database design and data modeling to support application features and data integrity
Ensure database systems comply with security standards, particularly in highly regulated environments like life sciences
Provide technical support for existing elluminate product releases, diagnosing and resolving database-related issues
Assist in developing and documenting database management best practices
Support software developers in integrating C# and Entity Framework solutions with SQL Server databases (nice to have)
Implement backup and recovery strategies to protect data and ensure business continuity
Conduct regular database health checks, performance tuning, and maintenance tasks to optimize system performance
Stay updated with the latest database technologies and trends, recommending improvements to enhance database performance and security
Document database processes, procedures, and architecture to ensure knowledge transfer and continuity
Other duties as assigned
Take the first step towards your dream career. Here is what we are looking for in this role.
Education & Experience
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent work experience preferred
5+ years of experience in SQL Server database administration, including performance tuning, backups, restores, and replication preferred
Professional Skills
Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail
Strong communication and collaboration skills, particularly in cross-functional teams
Experience with cloud databases and data architecture in distributed/ha environments is a plus
Excellent knowledge of English
Technical Skills
Strong knowledge of database management principles, relational data models, and T-SQL for creating complex queries and stored procedures
Experience with database design, implementation, and optimization
Knowledge of C# and Entity Framework is a nice-to-have, providing additional value for collaboration with development teams
Familiarity with database security best practices, particularly for sensitive data in clinical trials and life sciences
Proficient in writing and optimizing complex SQL queries and stored procedures
Ability to identify performance issues and implement effective solutions for SQL Server, Databricks, and document database performance tuning.
Ability to work with architecture team to chose the best technology for the problem.
Accelerate your skills and career within a fast-growing company while impacting the future of healthcare. We have shared our story, now we look forward to learning yours!
eClinical is a winner of the 2025 Top Workplaces USA Award for Remote Work! We have also received numerous Top Workplaces Culture Excellence Awards celebrating our exceptional company vision, values, and work-life balance. See all the details here: https://topworkplaces.com/company/eclinical-solutions/
eClinical Solutions is a people first organization. Our inclusive culture values the contribution that diversity brings to our business. We celebrate individual experiences that connect us and that inspire innovation in our community. Our team seeks out opportunities to learn, grow and continuously improve. Bring your authentic self, you are welcome here!
We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer that values diversity. Our management team is committed to the principle that employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, culture fit and business need.
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Pay Range
US Pay Ranges
$132,000—$165,000 USD