[Hiring] Senior Database Developer Dubai UAE
Position: Senior Database Developer
Date posted: 2025-04-14
Industry: other
Employment type: Full Time
Experience: 8 to 10 year
Qualification: Bachelor’s Degree holder
Salary: AED 10000 to 20000
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Company: Confidential
Description:
We’re Hiring: Senior Database Developer (MS SQL)
Location: Ras al Khor, Dubai
Experience: 8–10 years
Are you a SQL expert who enjoys building high-performance databases while ensuring top-notch reliability, scalability, and security?
We’re looking for a Database Developer who can own our MS SQL environment end-to-end. In this dual-role, you’ll be both a hands-on SQL programmer and a database administrator — powering the data layer behind our products.
What You’ll Do
SQL Development:
- Develop efficient and optimized T-SQL scripts, stored procedures, views, triggers
- Build scalable queries for analytics, reporting & transactional systems
- Design robust data models and architecture in collaboration with product & engineering
- Conduct code reviews, mentor junior developers, and uphold SQL best practices
Database Administration:
- Monitor and manage MS SQL Server (2016/2019/2022) databases
- Optimize performance through indexing, tuning, and query optimization
- Manage security, access controls, and compliance protocols
- Implement backup, recovery, disaster recovery, and high availability (AlwaysOn, log shipping)
- Automate tasks with PowerShell, Bash, or scripting tools
- Troubleshoot deadlocks, slow queries, and system bottlenecks
What We’re Looking For
- 8–10 years of experience in Database Development + DBA roles
- Strong command of T-SQL, SQL Server tools (SSMS, Profiler, Execution Plans)
- Experience in database normalization, modeling, and transaction management
- Exposure to CI/CD, version control (Git), and DevOps for database code
- Bonus: AWS RDS, Azure SQL, NoSQL (MongoDB, Redis), SSIS, Power BI, Docker/K8s
- Microsoft Certifications? That’s a big plus.
