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Database Engineer

Remote:

Full Remote

Contract:

Full time

Experience:

Senior (5-10 years)

Work from:

United States

Offer summary

Qualifications:

6+ years of DBMS experience, Experience with high-volume systems.

Key responsabilities:

Design, develop, and maintain RDBM systems
Lead complex problem resolution

sFOX Financial Services Scaleup https://www.sfox.com/

51 - 200 Employees

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Job description

sFOX is a full-service prime dealer uniting liquidity from over 30 exchanges and OTC desks in one easy-to-manage platform. sFOX's platform provides traders with best execution services from a single account, a single counterparty, and a single workflow — giving traders greater capital efficiency. Its smart order router algorithmically routes traders to the most competitive prices worldwide, reducing slippage and improving trade performance across immense scale.

sFOX is committed to the highest standards of investor protection and reliability. The platform is SOC 2 certified and provides access to the market 24/7 with 99.99% uptime. Founded in 2014, the company is backed by Social Capital, Digital Currency Group, Khosla Ventures, DHVC, Haystack, Blockchain Capital, Y Combinator, and executives from PayPal and Airbnb.

We’re on a mission to open the world’s financial markets to everyone and we’re looking for exceptional talent to join our rapidly growing team.

About the Position

sFOX is looking for an experienced MySQL Engineer who is passionate about managing data and blockchain based financial technology. We are looking for someone who is a team player but can work independently and who thrives in a dynamic environment.

In this role you will design, build, and maintain database systems that support high volume real-time trading applications alongside backend and frontend engineers. We are looking for a strong data management professional who will provide technical focus in building and maintaining critical data management systems.

What You’ll Do

Design, develop, and maintain RDBM Systems
Originate innovative solutions to complex technical problems
Create DB designs that meet requirements while accommodating future needs without sacrificing ease of implementation
Work alongside the software engineering team to improve the quality of the database systems and their code & systems
Day-to-day Commitment

Act as lead for complex problem resolution
Identify and create effective data management standards and procedures
Ensure that system design complies with policies, standards, and principals
Identify and recommend solutions for opportunities for system improvement through internal processes, procedures, and new technologies
Fulfill ad hoc query and report requests

About You

6+ years of experience in RDBMS physical and logical OLTP design, and OLTP stored procedures development in MySQL
Experience with high volume and high throughput transactional systems
Ability to become the expert on a specific domain of technology and provide technical consultation to others
Maintain top quality technical skills in a broad range of DBMSs, technology, and techniques
Entrenched skill in designing and developing highly performant database code
Possess the ability to learn how applications work by analyzing schema, querying data, and reviewing SQL
Excellent visual, written, and verbal communications with the ability to intuitively put ideas into tangible form
Demonstrated ability in moving a software product through the full development lifecycle
Experience with AWS and RDS, and Version Control systems like Git

Not Required, but Nice to Have

Experience working with trading and market data
Experience in trading digital currency
Understanding of digital currency trading market
Interest in Bitcoin, digital currency, and distributed ledger technology

sFOX is committed to diversity in its workforce and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not make hiring or employment decisions on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other basis protected by applicable local, state or federal law.