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RegEd · 7 hours ago

Principal Data Engineer

positionUnited States
timeFull-time
remoteRemote
senioritySenior Level, Lead/Staff
money$100K/yr - $180K/yr
date10+ years exp

RegEd is the market-leading provider of RegTech enterprise solutions, recognized for continuous regulatory technology innovation. The Principal Data Engineer will own the performance and reliability of the database infrastructure while leading a team, optimizing queries, and building automation to enhance data access across the organization.

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Responsibilities

Lead, mentor, and develop a team of database engineers
Analyze and optimize SQL queries, execution plans, and indexing strategies to improve application performance
Provide production support and manage incident response through our ticketing system
Build automation and custom tooling to reduce operational overhead and database implementation costs
Design and execute migrations for Azure SQL compliance
Implement CI/CD pipelines for database schema deployments and data changes
Partner with development teams to establish patterns that scale data access across the organization
Manage team workload, priorities, and capacity planning
Contribute to standards, documentation, and knowledge sharing that elevate the team's overall capability

Qualification

SQL ServerAzure SQLAutomation scriptingCI/CD pipelinesPerformance tuningDatabase migrationsTroubleshooting skillsFinancial services knowledgeDevOps practicesTeam leadership

Required

10+ years hands-on experience with SQL Server, including performance tuning and optimization
3+ years leading or mentoring technical teams
Experience with Azure SQL and cloud database migrations
Proficiency building automation scripts and tooling (PowerShell, Python, or similar)
CI/CD experience deploying database schemas (Liquibase, Flyway, or similar)
Strong troubleshooting skills and comfort with production support responsibilities

Preferred

Knowledge of the financial services / insurance / securities compliance industry's concepts, practices, and procedures a plus
Familiarity with database DevOps practices and infrastructure-as-code
Masters' Degree in a related field

Benefits

Competitive pay and bonus
Exceptional medical, dental and vision plans with generous employer funding for employees and dependents
401(k) plan with company matching
Generous flexible time off
Company paid life insurance
Flexible Spending Accounts: Medical and Dependent Care
Leave benefits including short-term and long-term disability, paid family medical leave and paid parental leave
Volunteering time off and flexible schedules
Professional development
Meaningful career growth opportunities
Performance bonuses
Great working environment with a team of fantastic people

Company

RegEd

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RegEd provides compliance software and solutions for the financial services industry.
dateFounded in 2000
location
Morrisville, North Carolina, USA
people-size201-500 employees
web-link
http://www.reged.com

Funding

Current Stage
Growth Stage
Total Funding
$0.6M
2023-07-31Private Equity· $0.6M
2018-12-20Acquired

Leadership Team

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Frank Brienzi
Chief Executive Officer & Board Member
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