Senior Database Developer

Postgres
UNITED STATES
October 25, 2026
Full Time
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Job Description

Company: Inadev
Location: Remote (Continental United States)
Workplace Type: Remote
Employment Type: Full-time

About the Role

Inadev is seeking a Senior Database Developer to be responsible for designing, developing, optimizing, and supporting enterprise database solutions that enable secure, scalable, and high-performing applications. This role provides technical leadership for database design, performance optimization, data integration, and operational support across cloud-native environments, with a primary focus on AWS Aurora PostgreSQL and Amazon DynamoDB.

What You’ll Do / Key Responsibilities

  • Database Architecture & Design: Design, develop, and maintain scalable database solutions using AWS Aurora PostgreSQL and Amazon DynamoDB in support of high-volume, mission-critical applications. Implement logical and physical data models, database schemas, indexes, views, stored procedures, functions, and database objects.
  • Query Optimization & Performance Tuning: Perform database performance analysis and tuning, including query optimization, indexing strategies, execution-plan analysis, partitioning, and resource utilization monitoring.
  • Production Troubleshooting & Operations: Investigate and resolve database-related production issues, bottlenecks, deadlocks, locking/contention issues, replication concerns, and data inconsistencies.
  • Data Integration & ETL: Build and maintain ETL/ELT processes, data integration pipelines, and data migration solutions across relational and NoSQL data platforms.
  • Reliability & Availability: Implement database monitoring, capacity planning, backup/recovery, and disaster recovery strategies to ensure system reliability and availability.
  • Security & Compliance: Ensure compliance with security, governance, auditing, and data protection requirements, including implementation of encryption, access controls, and least-privilege principles.

Requirements & Qualifications

  • Must be a U.S. Citizen residing in the Continental United States, with the ability to pass a 7-year background check and obtain/maintain a U.S. Government Clearance.
  • 5+ years of hands-on database development and database engineering experience supporting enterprise applications.
  • Strong expertise in AWS Aurora PostgreSQL, including schema design, query development, stored procedures/functions, indexing, execution-plan analysis, and performance optimization.
  • Experience designing, implementing, and supporting Amazon DynamoDB solutions, including data modeling, partition/key design, Global Secondary Indexes (GSIs), Local Secondary Indexes (LSIs), and query optimization.
  • Advanced SQL development skills with the ability to create, modify, and troubleshoot complex queries, views, stored procedures, functions, and database objects.
  • Strong understanding of relational database design principles, normalization, denormalization, and data modeling best practices.
  • Working knowledge of database monitoring, backup/recovery, high availability, disaster recovery, and operational support practices.
  • Experience implementing data security controls, encryption, access management, auditing, and compliance requirements.

Preferred / Bonus Qualifications (if applicable)

  • AWS Certified Database Specialty, AWS Certified Developer Associate, or AWS Certified Solutions Architect certification.
  • Experience supporting Federal Government systems and environments requiring security controls and compliance frameworks.
  • Experience with PostgreSQL administration and performance tuning in AWS Aurora environments.
  • Experience with database observability and monitoring tools such as Amazon CloudWatch, Performance Insights, Datadog, Splunk, or similar platforms.
  • Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK).

Benefits & Perks (if applicable)

  • Not Specified

Inadev Corporation does not discriminate against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities and prohibits discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation/gender identity, or national origin. Inadev is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and a federal contractor committed to compliance with all applicable EEO, OFCCP, and federal hiring standards.

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