• Develop web applications using React, TypeScript, C# and .NET • Build responsive, accessible and reusable user interfaces • Develop and maintain REST APIs with ASP.NET Core Web API • Integrate applications with APIs, microservices, databases and external systems • Participate in technical refinements and solution design • Create unit and integration tests • Perform code reviews and contribute to the team's technical standards • Create and maintain CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps • Investigate incidents and performance issues • Provide technical support to other team members

• Craft clean, efficient, and scalable code as a Full-Stack JavaScript Developer • Make a meaningful impact in the fast-evolving software escrow industry • Work collaboratively in a remote-first environment to deliver high-quality solutions

• Analyze existing SQL Server schema, stored procedures, indexes, and relationships • Identify performance bottlenecks, frequent locking/blocking issues, and inefficient query patterns • Refactor and optimize poorly written SQL queries and stored procedures • Educate developers on writing performant SQL and best practices • Rationalize and refactor redundant or obsolete stored procedures and tables • Simplify overly complex joins and table relationships • Implement and monitor indexing strategies, query plans, and partitioning as needed • Use tools like SQL Profiler, Extended Events, and DMVs for diagnostics • Define and implement database standards and governance procedures • Contribute to database documentation and change management protocols

• Design and architect database systems optimized for Chess.com's specific workloads including real-time gaming, puzzle systems, and social graph traversal • Build internal tooling and automation to improve database deployment, migration, and operational efficiency, simplifying work streams for the broader engineering organization • Develop data pipelines and ETL processes for analytics, machine learning features, and cross-system data synchronization • Engineer multi-regional database architectures capable of handling massive volumes of chess games, user data, and social network interactions with minimal latency • Solve complex data modeling challenges including chess game storage optimization, puzzle attempt tracking, and large-scale social graph representation • Drive database platform evolution evaluating and implementing new technologies, storage engines, and architectural patterns with a bias toward continuous improvement • Build observability and performance tooling providing deep visibility into database behavior, query patterns, and capacity trends • Collaborate with product engineering teams to design optimal schemas, access patterns, and data layer integrations, ensuring the right people have the information they need • Implement infrastructure-as-code practices for database provisioning, configuration, and lifecycle management with high first-time-right quality • Participate in on-call rotation to ensure 24/7 database availability and contribute to incident post-mortems.