Senior Database Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Company Description

IntegriChain is the data and application backbone for market access departments of Life Sciences manufacturers. We deliver the data, the applications, and the business process infrastructure for patient access and therapy commercialization. More than 250 manufacturers rely on our ICyte Platform to orchestrate their commercial and government payer contracting, patient services, and distribution channels. ICyte is the first and only platform that unites the financial, operational, and commercial data sets required to support therapy access in the era of specialty and precision medicine. With ICyte, Life Sciences innovators can digitalize their market access operations, freeing up resources to focus on more data-driven decision support. With ICyte, Life Sciences innovators are digitalizing labor-intensive processes – freeing up their best talent to identify and resolve coverage and availability hurdles and to manage pricing and forecasting complexity.

We are headquartered in Philadelphia, PA (USA), with offices in: Ambler, PA (USA); Pune, India; and Medellín, Colombia. For more information, visit or follow us on Twitter @IntegriChain and LinkedIn.

Join our DevOps Engineering team as a Senior Database Engineer responsible for designing, optimizing, and automating cloud database solutions across AWS RDS, Postgres, and Snowflake. This role focuses on performance engineering, data integration, and automation -- ensuring our data platforms are scalable, reliable, and efficient. You’ll work closely with DevOps and Product Engineering to build high-performing data infrastructure that supports critical applications and analytics.

Key Responsibilities:

Database Engineering & Optimization

• Design, build, and optimize database solutions using Snowflake, PostgreSQL, and Oracle RDS.
• Engineer efficient data models, ETL/ELT pipelines, and query performance tuning for analytical and transactional workloads.
• Implement replication, partitioning, and data lifecycle management to enhance scalability and resilience.
• Manage schema evolution, data versioning, and change management in multienvironment deployments.

Automation & Infrastructure

• Build and manage database infrastructure as code using Terraform.
• Automate deployment, configuration, and performance monitoring of data environments.
• Integrate database workflows with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps automation frameworks.
• Develop scripts and utilities in Python and other relevant languages for operational efficiency and consistency.

Security & Compliance

• Implement data governance, encryption, and role-based access controls across Snowflake and RDS platforms.
• Partner with Security and DevOps teams to ensure audit readiness, compliance, and data protection.
• Partner with Security, DevOps, and compliance teams to maintain audit readiness and data integrity.

Collaboration & Support

• Partner with Product Engineering and Analytics teams to deliver performant, reliable data solutions.
• Participate in incident response, root cause analysis, and capacity planning.
• Mentor team members and contribute to documentation, automation standards, and best practices.

• 7+ years of experience in database engineering or development across production environments.
• Proven hands-on experience with Snowflake (design, optimization, security, and performance tuning).
• Strong expertise with AWS RDS, PostgreSQL, and Oracle databases.
• Deep knowledge of SQL, query optimization, and data modeling for performance and scalability.
• Experience with Terraform and cloud automation practices.
• Proficiency with Python and other scripting languages for automation and tooling.
• Understanding of ETL/ELT frameworks, data pipeline orchestration, and integration best practices.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and collaboration skills.

What does IntegriChain have to offer?

• Mission driven: Work with the purpose of helping to improve patients' lives!
• Excellent and affordable medical benefits + non-medical perks including Student Loan Reimbursement, Flexible Paid Time Off and Paid Parental Leave
• 401(k) Plan with a Company Match to prepare for your future
• Robust Learning & Development opportunities including over 700+ development courses free to all employees

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IntegriChain is committed to equal treatment and opportunity in all aspects of recruitment, selection, and employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, sex, marital status, physical or mental disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other category protected under the law. IntegriChain is an equal opportunity employer; committed to creating a community of inclusion, and an environment free from discrimination, harassment, and retaliation.

Our policy on visa sponsorship for US based positions: Applicants for employment in the US must have valid work authorization that does not now and/or will not in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the US by IntegriChain.