Senior Database Engineer

DATABASE ENGINEERROMANIA-BASEDREMOTE CONTRACT ROLE5 + years’ experience.Extensive hands-on experience with MySQL in production environments.Advanced SQL expertise, including complex joins, subqueries, and an understanding of the performance trade-offs between different query approaches.Strong knowledge of caching strategies and when caching should be applied to improve performance.Experience with ORM tools, including the ability to write raw SQL queries when required for performance or complexity.Proficiency with APM/performance monitoring tools (e.g., DataDog) to analyse and optimise query performance.Experience analysing query execution plans (e.g., EXPLAIN plans) and making performance-focused improvements.Strong understanding of database schema design and how schema decisions impact query performance and scalability.Solid knowledge of indexing strategies, including when and how to create, adjust, or remove indexes to optimise workloads.Job Title: Senior Database EngineerLocation: Bucharest, RomaniaJob Type: ContractTrading as TEKsystems. Allegis Group Limited, Maxis 2, Western Road, Bracknell, RG12 1RT, United Kingdom. No. 2876353. Allegis Group Limited operates as an Employment Business and Employment Agency as set out in the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003. TEKsystems is a company within the Allegis Group network of companies (collectively referred to as "Allegis Group"). Aerotek, Aston Carter, EASi, Talentis Solutions, TEKsystems, Stamford Consultants and The Stamford Group are Allegis Group brands. If you apply, your personal data will be processed as described in the Allegis Group Online Privacy Notice available at https://www.allegisgroup.com/en-gb/privacy-notices.To access our Online Privacy Notice, which explains what information we may collect, use, share, and store about you, and describes your rights and choices about this, please go to https://www.allegisgroup.com/en-gb/privacy-notices.We are part of a global network of companies and as a result, the personal data you provide will be shared within Allegis Group and transferred and processed outside the UK, Switzerland and European Economic Area subject to the protections described in the Allegis Group Online Privacy Notice. We store personal data in the UK, EEA, Switzerland and the USA. If you would like to exercise your privacy rights, please visit the "Contacting Us" section of our Online Privacy Notice at https://www.allegisgroup.com/en-gb/privacy-notices for details on how to contact us. To protect your privacy and security, we may take steps to verify your identity, such as a password and user ID if there is an account associated with your request, or identifying information such as your address or date of birth, before proceeding with your request. If you are resident in the UK, EEA or Switzerland, we will process any access request you make in accordance with our commitments under the UK Data Protection Act, EU-U.S. Privacy Shield or the Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield.