Senior SQL Developer

Job description

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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Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

England

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

18-03-2026

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English