Senior/Staff Software Engineer

Degreed India is looking for an experienced Senior Software Engineer, Database Developer who is excited about architecting and implementing scalable systems to join our team. In this role, you will work together as a member of a cross-functional team to build new features, fix bugs, and drive the Degreed product forward.

This role will be based onsite in Bengaluru, India. After an in-office onboarding period, incumbents are expected to be available in office for a few days per week as part of hybrid work model. Candidates will also be required to travel internationally 1-2 times annually for full company gatherings.

Day In The Life:

• Support a growing database through maintenance, upgrades, performance, analysis, and improvements.
• Recommend and carry out sound database schema design.
• Implement stored procedures and work with relational and document databases.
• Recommend and consult on solid reporting and data warehouse solutions.
• Collaborating with product owners to ensure features and changes meet business requirements and fulfill the Degreed strategy.
• Working closely with designers, UX, and other developers to gain an understanding of new features, dependencies, and technical details.
• Learning, growing professionally, and contributing to an amazing team, playing a key role in fueling a massive change in learning and learning recognition

Who You Are:

There are only a handful of folks who meet all qualifications. We care more about hiring engineers that have a track record of shipping impactful, quality software than checking all the boxes. So, whether you meet all the qualifications or a partial set, we want to hear from you.

• 5 years or more experience developing database solutions.
• Experience architecting and developing database schemas and stored procedures.
• Demonstrated application development experience with Microsoft SQL Server and T-SQL.
• Experience troubleshooting and resolving performance issues in production environments.
• Capable of:
  • Writing and analyzing the performance of SQL queries (T-SQL experience necessary).
  • Creating highly scalable systems and frameworks.
  • Working on a distributed team with asynchronous communication in a remote work environment.
• Conduct training sessions and workshops to educate team members and other stakeholders on platform usage and best practices.
• Possess strong communication, collaboration, and documentation skills.
• Solution-driven with the ability to understand the big picture.
• Lifelong learner and passionate about discovering new things and taking on new challenges.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to work autonomously with minimal direction.
• Candidate must be based in Bengaluru, India.

What Sets You Apart

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
• 2+ Enterprise SaaS company experience.
• 4+ years of software development experience with C#/.NET
• Demonstrable software engineering experience in an agile environment designing, architecting, and implementing robust distributed/scalable