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(CCC) is a leading cloud platform for the multi-trillion-dollarinsurance economy, creating intelligent experiences for insurers, repairers, automakers, part suppliers, and more. At CCC, we’re making life just work by empowering more than 35,000 businesses with industry-leading technology to get drivers back on the road and to health quickly and seamlessly. We’repushing boundaries with innovative AI solutions that simplify and enhance the claims and repair journey. Throughpurposeful innovation and the strength of its connections, CCC technologies empower the people and industry relied upon to keep lives moving forward when it matters most. Learn more about CCC at www.cccis.com.\nThe Role\nWe are seeking a Lead Backend Engineer who is passionate about database modernization, performance optimization, and strategic refactoring of mission-critical systems. You will be a key member of the DPS Core & Data Engine Squad, working on the system-of-record platform that powers both internal (DPS) and external (IES) claims management experiences supporting millions of transactions and billions of dollars in claims.This is a modernization engineering role for someone who gets excited about:\nRefactoring complex stored procedures and carving out domain logic into maintainable services\nOptimizing SQL performance and improving system efficiency\nCreating safe migration patterns that enable continuous modernization while maintaining business continuity\nWorking in .NET codebases and evolving them into clean, testable, domain-aligned modules\nIf you love the challenge of strategic system evolution and want to participate in evolving the technical architecture of a multi-year transformation from monolithic database logic to service-oriented architecture-this role is for you.\nKey Responsibilities:\nDatabase Engineering & Modernization (60%)\nStored procedure refactoring: Analyze, optimize, and decompose complex stored procedures into smaller, testable, well-documented units\nPerformance engineering: Query tuning, indexing strategy, execution plan analysis, optimizing data access patterns\n\nSchema evolution: Design backward-compatible schema changes with safe rollout/rollback patterns\n\nMigration seams: Create facades, wrappers, and anti-corruption layers around stored procedures to enable gradual extraction of business logic into services\n\nLegacy .NET Modernization (30%)\nRefactor .NET Framework code supporting DPS workflows into maintainable, testable modules\n\nImplement strangler fig patterns to incrementally move logic from database service layer while maintaining production stability\n\nBuild domain-aligned modules/services with clear contracts that enable the Domain & Services Squad to extract capabilities\n\nEstablish patterns for dependency injection, observability, and error handling in established .NET codebases\n\nOperational Excellence (10%)\nImplement performance baselines, regression detection, and alerting for data-intensive workflows\n\nParticipate in incident response for data/performance-related production issues\n\nCreate diagnostic tooling and runbooks to reduce time-to-resolution\n\nCollaborate with SRE/DevOps on deployment safety (blue/green, feature flags, canary releases for schema changes)\n\nRequirements:\nTechnical Skills\n8+ years of professional software development experience in object-oriented languages (C#/.NET required)\n\nExpert-level SQL Server knowledge (SQL Server 2019):\n\nAdvanced query optimization (execution plans, index tuning, query hints)\n\nStored procedure, function, and trigger development/refactoring\n\nDatabase design and normalization\n\nPerformance tuning at scale (multi-million row tables, complex joins, aggregations)\n\nUnderstanding of indexing strategies (clustered, non-clustered, filtered, columnstore)\n\nSQL Agent jobs and automated workflow patterns\n\nTransaction isolation levels, locking, and concurrency management\n\nC# and .NET Framework/.NET Core (legacy and modern)\n\nExperience refactoring established systems while maintaining production stability\n\nSQL source control (migrations, version control for schema/stored procedures)\n\nHighly Desired:\nExperience with strangler fig, anti-corruption layer, and facade patterns in practice\n\nHands-on experience migrating logic from stored procedures → service layer in production systems\n\nFamiliarity with domain-driven design (DDD) concepts (bounded contexts, aggregates, repositories)\n\nAzure SQL Database, Azure DevOps experience\n\nObservability tools (Application Insights, SQL Profiler)\n\nAPI design and versioning (REST, OpenAPI/Swagger)\n\nUnit testing frameworks (xUnit, NUnit) and test data builder patterns\n\nPowerShell for database scripting/automation\n\nExperience with microservices architecture and event-driven patterns\n\nFamiliarity with Entity Framework Core, Dapper, or other ORMs (and knowing when to use native SQL)\n\nInterview Policy & Privacy Notice:\nA video interview is required for this position. Video interviews are transcribed. Transcriptions are retained and may be reviewed by CCC and our recruiters. Candidates are not permitted to use generative AI or automated assistance during the interviews unless explicitly allowed by the interview team for a specific exercise. Our Job Applicant Privacy Notice is available HERE.\nAbout CCC's Commitment to Employees:\nCCC Intelligent Solutions understands that our employees play an integral role in our vision to shape a world where life just works. Our team is defined by our values of Integrity, Customer-Focus, Innovation, Inclusion & Diversity, Tenacity, and Connection. Through diverse perspectives, purposeful innovation, and the strength of connections, our technologies empower the people and industry relied upon to keep lives moving forward when it matters most.\nAt CCC, together everyone can thrive as we innovate and collaborate, creating employee experiences that just work. We are committed to providing opportunities for our people to make real-life impacts, advance in their careers, and contribute to CCC’s success.\nCCC offers competitive compensation and benefits to support you and your families, including:\n401K Match\n\nPaid time off\n\nAnnual Incentive Plan Performance Bonus\n\nComprehensive health insurance\n\nAdoption Assistance\n\nTuition Reimbursement\n\nWellness Programs\n\nStock Purchase Plan options\n\nEmployee Resource Groups\n\nFor more information about our benefits, please check out our careers site.\nHere, you belong. You are seen, valued, and respected. We celebrate you for who you are and all you bring. Every voice is heard and is important to our success. 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