Senior SQL Server Developer – Database Specialist
£60,000–£80,000 + Quarterley Bonus
Remote | Occasional travel to Oxford
About
A growing UK-based PaaS provider within the gambling and gaming sector is hiring a Senior SQL Server Developer with deep, specialist expertise in Microsoft SQL Server.
This is strictly a role for database specialists. We are not looking for generalist developers who have used SQL as part of a wider stack. You will be the subject-matter expert for SQL Server in a high-traffic, 24/7, performance-critical environment.
The Role
You'll design, optimise and own mission-critical SQL Server databases powering large-scale, high-volume systems.
You will:
• Design and optimise complex T-SQL stored procedures, functions, views and triggers
• Own performance tuning (indexing strategies, execution plans, partitioning, statistics)
• Conduct deep root-cause analysis on production performance issues
• Contribute to schema design, capacity planning and lifecycle management
• Ensure data integrity, security and compliance best practices
• Collaborate closely with engineering, architecture and DevOps teams
• Act as a data leader and mentor within the wider team
This is a highly analytical role suited to someone who takes pride in producing clean, efficient and maintainable database code.
Ideal Experience:
• Strong hands-on experience with SQL Server 2016+
• Advanced query writing and optimisation
• Execution plan analysis and performance troubleshooting
• Deep understanding of indexing, locking and concurrency
• SSIS experience
• Service Broker / messaging systems (SSSB, Kafka)
• Database security, roles and best practices
Nice to Have (not required)
• .NET (C#, ASP.NET, Entity Framework)
• AWS / Terraform / Cloudflare exposure
• Logging & monitoring tools (Elasticsearch, Rollbar, Sentry)
What's On Offer
• £60,000–£80,000 salary
• Fully remote working
• Occasional travel to Oxford
• Work in a high-scale, performance-driven PaaS environment
• Collaborative engineering culture where technical excellence is genuinely valued
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