Senior Database Developer/Administrator

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• Minimum Salary: $102,540
• Salary Midpoint: $133,302
• Maximum Salary: $164,064
• Hiring Range: $145,000 - $150,000

• In-person, Washington, DC.

Full-time

Fearless is looking for a Senior Database Developer to add to our diverse team of250+ employees (and counting!).

We're looking to change the world by building software with a soul, and we want your help.

The Senior Database Developer leads the design, development, and optimization of complex database systems that support mission-critical applications. This role requires deep expertise in relational database technologies, data modeling, and data integration to ensure high-quality, reliable, and secure data systems. The Senior Database Developer brings a strong understanding of database architecture, performance tuning, and data governance practices. They collaborate with cross-functional teams, including DevOps and software developers, to implement scalable and maintainable data solutions that align with customer requirements and federal compliance standards. This position is responsible for the integrity, performance, and security of databases, as well as guiding best practices for data management across projects.

We need your coding and leadership skills!What other skills will help you succeed at Fearless? Glad you asked! We're excited about candidates that:

• Synthesizes business requirements and objectives and drives the development of solutions.
• Collaborates with talented designers, product managers, and fellow engineers to plan and build new features.
• Coaches and mentors others to develop their professional skills.
• Drives all phases of the development lifecycle from task creation to production deployment of new code.

• Designs, develops, and maintains secure, efficient, and scalable database solutions that meet the data and performance requirements of the project.
• Translates business and analytical needs into robust database structures and data flows.
• Establishes and maintains best practices for database design, development, and documentation to ensure maintainability and data integrity.
• Troubleshoots and resolves complex database performance issues, query optimization, and data access problems.
• Leads continuous improvement efforts for data architecture, ETL processes, and database infrastructure.
• Identifies and recommends improvements to data strategies and data governance practices across teams and projects.
• Reviews database code, including stored procedures and ETL logic, providing detailed and constructive feedback to ensure quality and performance.
• Demonstrates deep knowledge of data workflows, compliance requirements, and operational needs within the agencies and organizations supported.

• Experience: 15 years or more of federal onsite experience supporting and understanding agency policies and workflows.
• Demonstrated expertise with database management systems, including SQL Server, Oracle, or PostgreSQL.
• Extensive experience designing, implementing, and maintaining relational databases, data warehouses, and ETL processes.
• Proficiency in Data Analysis, Data Modeling, and Data Integration, including familiarity with tools like ERwin or similar data modeling software.
• Experience with Data Governance frameworks and practices to ensure data quality and compliance.
• Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience developing stored procedures, functions, and triggers to support application development.
• Familiarity with cloud-based database platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical discipline is required. Master's degree preferred
• Strong knowledge of federal security standards (e.g., FISMA, FedRAMP) as applicable to database design and implementation.
• General work experience may be substituted for education. The requirement for education levels can be substituted at the rate of 2 years of experience for every year of education. An associate's degree is 2 years of education, a Bachelor's degree is 4 years of education, and a Master degree is 6 years of education.
• The years of specific experience used for satisfying an education requirement cannot also be used as filling the work experience requirement. Highly Desired Skills and Experience

Over the years, we've honed our interview process to help ensure that every team member we hire is the right fit for us and that we're the right fit for them. If we think you're a good fit, we'll get in touch and start scheduling your interviews! Depending on the role's/project's requirements, the interview process may include some differences. At the minimum

• Introductory Interview: This is where you and your recruiter will build rapport, explore your career and educational background, discuss salary expectations, role requirements, and set expectations for the interview process, specific to the position of interest.
• Technical Interview (Skills Fit): This is where we get into the nitty gritty of the project. During the Technical Interview, you'll be interviewed by the technical team to dig more into your background and technical capabilities.
• Business Interview:At this point, you've made it to the final frontier! The Business Interview is when you'll meet with Fearless leadership to dot the i's, cross the t's, and determine whether or not we'll be moving forward with the hiring process.

Fearless Digital builds software with a soul. As a division inside Fearless, we're part of its digital services integrator model to unlock the power of organizations, people and tech. Our division designs, engineers, and delivers digital solutions to solve problems and drive impact. Using iterative development cycles, we minimize risk for our customers and efficiently deliver intuitive and responsive technology. In this way, we help set the stage for tech to work better for people. That'snot our only goal, though. We also strive to create a purple culture that makes our team members excited to come to work every day. We take a holistic approach to our people's well-being, and our culture and benefits are designed to support our people in working the way they like best. We encourage our people to pursue their passions, both in and out of the office. With flexible schedules, continuing education support, and a family-friendly work environment, we've created a culture that allows our team to thrive professionally and personally.

Fearless believes in equal opportunity employment. We won't discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of race, gender, nationality, age, religion, disability, military status, or sexual orientation. As a company and as individuals, we're committed to providing aninclusive and welcoming environment for our team, our family members, our clients, our subcontractors, and our vendors.

Benefits Eligibility:

• Full-time team members are eligible for benefits upon beginning employment at Fearless
• Part-time team members are only eligible for 8.75 days of safe & sick leave
• Interns and 1099 team members are not eligible for Fearless benefits

Our people make us who we are. We believe that every member of the Fearless team has something to share, and we value the unique viewpoint you'll bring to our community. But we value your community, too, so we offer fulfilling work that stays in balance with the rest of life. Because everyone has different needs, desires, and goals, our benefits offer the choices and flexibility that our team members need to live well and succeed. Here are a few highlights of our benefits package, for full-time team members, exclusively:

• Life-friendly schedules
• Family-friendly workplace
• We cover 100% of your premium for our medical HSA plan + the deductible portion of HSA contributions, 80% of your premium for our HMO or PPO plans, and offer competitive dependent coverage. We cover 100% of dental and vision premiums for you and your dependents and offer medical and dependent care FSA options. We also offer life insurance, short- and long-term disability coverage, and legal planning and support insurance.
• Tech, education / training, and wellness allowances
• Safe Harbor 401(k) plan with employer contributions (current match = 4%) and immediate vesting
• Referral bonus: Bring your friends! If someone you refer is hired, you'll get a bonus of $6-12k!
• Total Pet Plan
• Employee Assistance Program
• Up 12 weeks of FMLA paid at 100%
• PTO is provided to team members as a lump sum allowance, not an accrual. PTO is prorated based on your start date (see table below) on a quarterly basis (with tenure-based increases), 8.75 days of sick leave, 11 federal holidays, their birthday (8 hours), up to 15 days for jury duty, and up to 3 days (24 hours) of bereavement leave per eligible instance.