Senior Database Developer (PL/SQL)

Senior Database Developer

Join the Market Leader in Electric Power Data and Analytics Solutions

The electrical grid is the largest and most complex machine ever constructed. Ripple Effect Consulting’s industry-leading electric power trading analytics platform provides real-time insight into the enormous amount of data produced daily by the North American power grid. Our innovative perspective on this data helps guide both real-time trading strategies and long-term investment decisions that help keep utility costs low, support the energy transition, and ensure the reliability of the grid. The work is challenging, meaningful, and impactful.

Join our successful and growing organization as we continue to expand and transform internationally.

Position Summary

As a Senior Database Developer on the Engineering Team, you will utilize your analytical and technical expertise across several key areas including designing and developing services for our commercial software products, enhancing database architecture and frameworks, and supporting database development for internal applications and automated software testing initiatives.

This role provides an opportunity to deepen your knowledge of energy markets, cloud-based software platforms, and SaaS business models while continuing to develop your technical skills alongside one of the most innovative and dedicated teams in the industry.

Position Details

• Salary Range: $130,000 – $160,000 (depending on experience)
• Location: Boulder, CO., Chicago, IL., Boston, MA., or Richmond, VA.
• Employment Type: Full-Time | No C2C at this time. GC or USC
• Work Arrangement: Hybrid | 1-2 times/week in office
• Reports To: Engineering Manager
  
  

Primary Responsibilities

• Design, develop, maintain, and optimize complex Oracle PL/SQL systems that support critical business logic across mission-critical applications.
  
  
• Investigate and work within large legacy PL/SQL codebases to diagnose issues, interpret embedded business rules, refactor code for clarity, and improve long-term maintainability.
  
  
• Perform in-depth data exploration to understand data structures, relationships, irregularities, and edge cases to strengthen system design and improve data quality.
  
  
• Develop and optimize sophisticated SQL queries across large, highly relational datasets.
  
  
• Tune SQL and PL/SQL performance using tools such as execution plans, optimizer statistics, trace files, hints, and indexing strategies.
  
  
• Maintain the reliability, integrity, and scalability of database systems responsible for processing and transforming high volumes of data.
  
  
• Contribute to architectural planning, database design guidelines, and coding standards with a focus on scalability and performance.
  
  
• Work with Snowflake for data storage and synchronization while ensuring data consistency, accuracy, and performance across systems.
  
  
• Support and mentor junior engineers through code reviews, technical guidance, and the promotion of high coding standards.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent hands-on experience
  
  
• 6+ years of experience developing Oracle PL/SQL (or similar procedural database technologies) in production environments
  
  
• Strong SQL expertise, including writing and optimizing queries across large relational datasets
  
  
• Experience analyzing and improving complex legacy database code
  
  
• Demonstrated ability to diagnose, tune, and optimize database performance
  
  
• Experience working with data-intensive systems
  
  
• Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving abilities
  
  
• Ability to collaborate effectively within Agile, cross-functional teams
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Snowflake or similar cloud data warehouse technologies
  
  
• Familiarity with database change management tools such as Liquibase
  
  
• Experience working in SaaS or cloud-based environments
  
  
• Experience mentoring developers or performing code reviews
  
  
• Exposure to energy markets, commodities trading, or financial data systems
  
  

At Ripple Effect Consulting, we prefer to engage directly with candidates. We kindly request that third-party recruiters and agencies refrain from submitting resumes, as we are not currently pursuing external recruiting partnerships.

Salary: Up to $160k/annual DOE + Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, PTO, 401K)