Staff Database Engineer

Paylocity is an award-winning provider of cloud-based HR and payroll software solutions, offering the most complete platform for the modern workforce. The company has become one of the fastest-growing HCM software providers worldwide by offering an intuitive, easy-to-use product suite that helps businesses automate and streamline HR and payroll processes, attract and retain talent, and build a strong workplace culture.

While traditional HR and payroll providers automate basic HR processes such as payroll and benefits administration, Paylocity goes further by developing tools that HR and businesses need to compete for talent and deliver against the expectations of the modern workforce.

We give our employees what they need to succeed, including great benefits and perks! We offer medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and a 401(k) match, as well as perks that support you, your family, and your finances. And if it’s career development you desire, we provide that, too! At Paylocity, people matter most and have always been at the heart of our business.  

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Staff Database Engineers are members of our product teams, responsible for creating, enhancing, and supporting common features. They are responsible for maintaining our critical data stores. Working side-by-side with Product Owners, Software Test Engineers, and Business Stakeholders, they are actively involved in the complete software development life cycle in an agile environment including technical design, hands-on coding, unit testing, integration testing, performance tuning, maintenance, test automation, deploys and database upgrades. 

Are you the teammate we are looking for?

Who you are:   

Engineering is the function that applies principles and techniques of engineering, mathematics, and computer/data science to the design, development, and testing of applications. The Product & Technology engineering family consists of software development, testing, database, devops, virtualization & network. 

• Enthusiastic about developing the best software available and providing the ultimate customer experience  
• An advocate for continuous improvement of our software development process  
• Interested in staying current by applying new technologies   
• Able to work in a collaborative environment with a willingness to share your ideas
• Able to work independently on modules and complete tasks with high quality and contribute to high velocity, but unafraid to seek out suggestions from other team members
• Excited to work on cutting-edge technology 

During the first six months, you will:  

• Work on a medium or large project overall within a team/area
• Work in parallel with peers and often take a leading role on features or refactors 
• Regularly mentor or coach one or more junior database engineers  
• Design standalone systems of moderate complexity, or major new features in existing systems  
• Perform code reviews and provides consistent, useful, constructive feedback 
• Effectively deliver medium or large team projects  
• Recognize and surface risks/unknowns and keep work in line with bigger picture goals 
• Provide input in database design, performance tuning, troubleshooting, error handling and hardware planning  
• Resolve data issues and facilitate data analysis 
• Interested in staying current and proficient on existing emerging relevant database technology through self-study and company/vendor provided training opportunities 

Required Experience: 

• Must have 10+ years of database experience  
• Must be adaptable to change and have a willingness to learn 
• Must have a strong sense of curiosity 
• Must commit to their role and take responsibility for their tasks 
• Must be able to work effectively in an agile and team environment  
• Must be effective and creative in problem solving   
• Microsoft SQL Server database experience required 
• Experience with SQL Always On and clustering required  
• Mongo Atlas or Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL 
• Experience in Performance Tuning, Query Optimization, using related monitoring and troubleshooting tools.  
• Utilizing metrics to trend data for performance analysis and capacity planning  
• Responsibility for database SLA  
• Experience with AWS cloud highly preferred  
• Participation in on-call duties   

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EEO and accessibility Statement 

Paylocity is an equal-opportunity employer. 

Paylocity is committed to the full inclusion of all individuals. We recruit, train, compensate, and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law. At Paylocity, we believe diversity makes us better.

We embrace and encourage our employees’ differences in age, culture, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion or spiritual belief, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other characteristics that make our employees unique. We actively cultivate these differences through our employee resource groups (ERGs), employee experiences, perspectives, talents, and approaches to drive innovation in the software and services we provide our customers.

We comply with federal and state disability laws and make reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. To request reasonable accommodation in the job application or interview process, please contact accessibility@paylocity.com. This email address is exclusively designated for such requests, aligning with federal and state disability laws. Please do not send resumes to this email address, as they will be removed.

This role can be performed from any office in the US. The pay range for this position is $83,642 - $181,531/yr however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. This position is eligible for an annual bonus and restricted stock unit grant based on individual performance in addition to a full range of benefits outlined here. This information is provided per the relevant state and local pay transparency laws for the location in which this position will be performed. Base pay information is based on market location.  

Applicants should apply via www.paylocity.com/careers.