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Senior Backend Engineer – DPS Core, Data Engine Squad
Location
Illinois
Posted
4 days ago
Salary
$106.3K - $165K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Senior Backend Engineer – DPS Core, Data Engine Squad
CCC Intelligent Solutions
• Database Engineering & Modernization (60%) • Stored procedure refactoring: Analyze, optimize, and decompose complex stored procedures into smaller, testable, well-documented units • Performance engineering: Query tuning, indexing strategy, execution plan analysis, optimizing data access patterns • Schema evolution: Design backward-compatible schema changes with safe rollout/rollback patterns • Migration seams: Create facades, wrappers, and anti-corruption layers around stored procedures to enable gradual extraction of business logic into services • Legacy .NET Modernization (30%) • Refactor .NET Framework code supporting DPS workflows into maintainable, testable modules • Implement strangler fig patterns to incrementally move logic from database service layer while maintaining production stability • Build domain-aligned modules/services with clear contracts that enable the Domain & Services Squad to extract capabilities • Establish patterns for dependency injection, observability, and error handling in established .NET codebases • Operational Excellence (10%) • Implement performance baselines, regression detection, and alerting for data-intensive workflows • Participate in incident response for data/performance-related production issues • Create diagnostic tooling and runbooks to reduce time-to-resolution • Collaborate with SRE/DevOps on deployment safety (blue/green, feature flags, canary releases for schema changes)
Job Requirements
- 8+ years of professional software development experience in object-oriented languages (C#/.NET required)
- Expert-level SQL Server knowledge (SQL Server 2019): Advanced query optimization (execution plans, index tuning, query hints)
- Stored procedure, function, and trigger development/refactoring
- Database design and normalization
- Performance tuning at scale (multi-million row tables, complex joins, aggregations)
- Understanding of indexing strategies (clustered, non-clustered, filtered, columnstore)
- SQL Agent jobs and automated workflow patterns
- Transaction isolation levels, locking, and concurrency management
- C# and .NET Framework/.NET Core (legacy and modern)
- Experience refactoring established systems while maintaining production stability
- SQL source control (migrations, version control for schema/stored procedures)
Benefits
- 401K Match
- Paid time off
- Annual Incentive Plan
- Performance Bonus
- Comprehensive health insurance
- Adoption Assistance
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Wellness Programs
- Stock Purchase Plan options
- Employee Resource Groups
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