[Hiring] Database Application Engineer @In All Media

Role Description

You will join a fast-paced product development environment focused on building and scaling robust production applications. As an Application Database Engineer, your mission is to bridge the gap between application development and database infrastructure, ensuring that our data structures seamlessly support evolving software features.

This role requires a deep understanding of how data moves through application services and APIs. You will be responsible for:

• Designing schemas
• Integrating relational and document-based databases
• Tuning performance to resolve data quality and consistency issues

By collaborating closely with engineering and product teams, you will ensure our data models are highly optimized, secure, and ready for continuous delivery.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on experience in database engineering, application data architecture, or backend development with a heavy emphasis on database layer design.
• Deep expertise in Microsoft SQL Server, specifically in T-SQL, stored procedures, indexing, query execution plans, and performance tuning.
• Proven experience working with document-based databases, specifically MongoDB.
• Strong comprehension of web application architecture, API integrations, and how backend code interacts with databases.
• Demonstrated ability to work within mature, established codebases and conservative technology stacks.

Requirements

• Design, modify, and optimize data models specifically for production applications, ensuring scalability and performance.
• Create and manage complex relational tables in MS SQL Server and document structures in MongoDB.
• Work extensively with SQL Server to write, tune, and troubleshoot complex queries, stored procedures, functions, and indexing strategies.
• Bridge the gap between the database and the backend, ensuring a deep understanding of how APIs securely and efficiently read/write data.
• Plan and execute database schema changes safely within an existing, live, and mature application ecosystem without causing disruptions.
• Partner directly with backend and legacy frontend developers to architect data solutions that support both new application features and existing integrations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Microsoft SQL Server Certifications (e.g., MCSA: SQL 2016 Database Development, DP-300, or legacy equivalents) are highly regarded.
• Understanding of the architectural concepts and constraints of older web frameworks (such as early Angular, Backbone) to better support the frontend/backend teams.
• Previous roles as a Database Developer, Backend Engineer (DB heavy), or Application DBA.

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Experience with the Azure data stack, specifically Azure Data Factory (ADF) or Microsoft Fabric.
• Experience supporting broader data pipelines in addition to core application database development.
• Working knowledge of Python for scripting, automation, or limited pipeline support.
• Experience with JavaScript, Node.js, or Joi.

Time Zone & Collaboration

The role requires collaboration with teams aligned to Central Time (CT), USA. Candidates must overlap at least 4–5 hours daily with US-based stakeholders to ensure seamless architectural alignment and agile collaboration.