SQL Server Database Senior Developer, Vice President

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The selected colleague will work at an MUFG office or client sites four days per week and work remotely one day. A member of our recruitment team will provide more details.

Job Summary: The SQL Server Database Senior Developer is responsible for Database development, performance, optimization, and ongoing support of enterprise database systems within the Global Corporate and Investment Banking Technology (GCIB) organization of MUFG. This role requires deep expertise in Stored Procedures development, performance tuning, code review and query optimization , along with strong collaboration with application teams and business partners.

This is a hands-on technical role focused on ensuring high-performing, scalable, and reliable SQL database as backend of Applications supporting the GCIB Division of MUFG bank . The successful candidate will have strong experience with SQL Server, execution plan analysis and large-scale data environments , will assess the current database landscape and recommend modernization opportunities aligned with business, architecture, security, and operational requirements, and will help drive performance improvements across critical platforms.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the performance tuning and optimization of SQL Server databases
• Serve as a senior technical contributor, resolving code bottlenecks, slow queries, blocking, and deadlocks
• Optimize complex SQL queries, stored procedures, and batch processing jobs
• Analyze and tune execution plans to improve database efficiency and scalability
• Design and implement indexing strategies (clustered, non-clustered, partitioning)
• Monitor database performance using SQL Server tools such as SQL Profiler
• Identify and resolve I/O, memory, and CPU bottlenecks in production environments
• Collaborate with application development teams to ensure efficient database access patterns
• Work closely with business partners to gather, analyze, and document data and performance requirements
• Act as a liaison between database, application teams, and infrastructure groups
• Coordinate testing and implementation of database changes in accordance with bank policies and standards
• Organize and manage technical workstreams, communicating status, risks, and dependencies using tools such as JIRA and Confluence
• Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture, Information Security, and Quality Engineering teams
• Mentor junior developers and database team members through hands-on guidance, database knowledge transfer, code reviews, and development best practices
• Participate in production support, including availability for critical issue resolution
• Drive innovation by evaluating and adopting modern database technologies, automation, cloud capabilities, and AI-assisted engineering practices to improve scalability, resilience, and developer productivity

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum 5+ years of hands-on experience with SQL Server database development and performance tuning

• Deep expertise in:

• Query optimization
• Execution plan analysis
• Index design and tuning

• Stored procedure optimization

• Strong experience troubleshooting database performance issues in production environments

• Strong knowledge of SQL Server internals, including:

• Locking and blocking
• Deadlocks
• TempDB usage

• Indexing strategies

• Experience working with large datasets and high-throughput batch processing systems
• Write and review Stored Procedures and Functions, enforce DB level constraints to ensure data integrity and consistency
• Familiarity with at least one programming language (e.g., C#, .N…