Senior Database Developer, AWS Data Platforms

At Peregrine Advisors, you will own the database layer of a federal agency's enterprise data platform. But we hire people, not seats. As the work evolves, you will learn new systems and tools, take on greater responsibility, and help develop the firm's capabilities, tools, and lines of business. We move our best to where the hardest problems are.

This is a full-time W-2 position with a salary of $150,000 to $170,000 per year. It is a hybrid work arrangement based in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, and the commuting cadence varies by assignment. The initial engagement requires United States citizenship and the ability to obtain a Public Trust determination.

We are a data and technology innovation hub and a Benefit Corporation working at the center of the federal government's mission to deliver for client stakeholders and the US public.

Your first project

Your first project will likely have you owning the physical design, the data models, and the performance of that layer under real query volume. Depending on the assignment, you may:

• Design the physical layer, including partitioning, indexing, and storage layout for large datasets.
• Tune queries and execution plans against high volumes.
• Build logical and physical data models that hold up within the wider platform architecture.
• Run schema migrations and Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) load patterns, and set Apache Ranger access controls.

You deliver a database layer analysts and systems can trust at scale. You automate migration and load patterns that would otherwise be hand-run, and you build the access controls that keep a governed platform governed.

This is where you start, not the shape of your career here.

Requirements

• At least seven years of database development and administration experience
• Bachelor's degree
• Amazon Aurora (PostgreSQL-compatible), DynamoDB, and Apache Iceberg tables on S3
• Physical design for large datasets, including partitioning, indexing, and storage layout
• Query and EXPLAIN-plan tuning on large datasets
• Logical and physical data modeling
• Database-architecture design within an established enterprise data platform
• PL/pgSQL stored procedures and S3 load patterns into the relational and Iceberg stores
• Basic proficiency in writing, PowerPoint, and Excel

Preferred

• Schema migration tooling, including Amazon Web Services (AWS) Schema Conversion Tool
• Access controls using Apache Ranger
• Neptune or Neo4j
• Federal information technology or high-volume transaction experience
• Familiarity with artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted developer tooling

Who you are

You make databases fast and keep their data trustworthy. You have designed and tuned large data platforms and understand why the physical model matters. You experiment, learn from failure, and try again quickly. You would rather own an outcome than simply be given a task.

What you bring

• Deep, hands-on ownership of a database layer spanning Amazon Aurora (PostgreSQL-compatible), DynamoDB, and Apache Iceberg tables on S3, including physical design, tuning, data modeling, and database-architecture decisions within the broader platform.
• The practical craft of stored procedures, schema migration, S3 load patterns into the platform stores, and governed access.
• Sound judgment in a regulated environment where accuracy and auditability are not optional.

You adapt your development workflow as AI tools evolve, using them to help implement, test, and improve the components you own. You give the tools clear context, review and test their output, and remain accountable for the code you deliver.

When we talk

Be prepared to discuss a difficult problem you worked through, the decisions you made, what happened, and what you learned.

Peregrine Advisors is an equal opportunity employer.

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Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision with the employee premium fully paid and half of dependent premiums; employer-paid life, accidental death, and short-term and long-term disability insurance; a 401(k) matched 100% up to 4% of salary, vesting immediately; unlimited paid time off; and sponsored professional certifications and continuing education.

What we offer

You will work alongside developers, engineers, data scientists, architects, and strategists, on work ranging from strategy to implementation. We support your development across assignments and clients through extensive onboarding, sponsored professional certifications such as the Data Management Capability Assessment Model (DCAM) and AWS technical certifications, and rotation across functions to expand your skills and perspective. The mission is real, the problems are hard, and you own what you ship.

What we commit to

As a Benefit Corporation, our commitment runs three ways: real, measurable value for our clients; government that works better for the public; and a team that makes everyone in it better.

We hire people who want to help build the firm, not just work at it. If that is you, apply.