🎁 Before you apply, rehearse this interview. Create your free WorkMundi account and get an Interview Training on HelpsYouSpeak — no cost, no card. I want my training →
The work Database Developers build the database-resident layer that makes application and analytical data correct, usable, and efficient. They write SQL, create views, functions, and procedures, evolve schemas, and design database objects that express rules close to the data. The work is grounded in query behavior and transactional correctness. You read execution plans, select or revise indexes, remove avoidable work from a query, manage migrations, validate constraints, and test changes against realistic data volumes. You also consider permissions and the security consequences of views, functions, and other database objects. Database Developers partner with software engineers, data engineers, data architects, analysts, and database administrators. The role is distinct from broad data-pipeline engineering and from operating the database service: its center of gravity is the code, structures, and access patterns inside the database. What you'll build · SQL queries, views, materialized views, functions, procedures, and database packages. · Schema migrations, tables, constraints, indexes, partitions, and reference data. · Tested data-access layers for applications, reports, integrations, and analytical workloads. · Query-performance improvements based on execution plans, workload evidence, and data distribution. · Version-controlled database changes, automated tests, deployment checks, and rollback plans. Who you are You enjoy making data behavior explicit. You can move from a business rule to a reliable database implementation, reason about edge cases and concurrency, and tell the difference between a query that merely runs and one that will remain safe and understandable. You treat production data carefully. You review plans and evidence before tuning, test migrations before release, document assumptions, and collaborate across application and operations teams when a change crosses ownership boundaries. What you bring · Strong SQL and relational database experience, including joins, set operations, transactions, constraints, and window functions. · Hands-on work with views, functions, procedures, schema migrations, and database version control. · Ability to interpret execution plans and improve queries, indexes, and data-access patterns. · Understanding of permissions, secure database coding, transactional integrity, and safe change practices. · Experience testing database changes and working with application, data, architecture, and operations teams. About OPEN Data Jobs OPEN Data Jobs connects AI, data, and software professionals with critical roles, primarily in the federal sector. Registering with ODJ can put your profile in view for multiple positions across several clients. Register for Database Developer Role Click Apply below to register for Database Developer Role. Requirements What openings may require An opening may center on PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle Database, a cloud warehouse, or another specific platform. It may require procedural SQL, partitioning, replication-aware development, change-data-capture integration, reporting workloads, or a particular migration and deployment toolchain. Some AI-enabled applications use semi-structured data, vector-capable indexes, retrieval metadata, or feedback records in a database. Those needs may appear in an opening, but they do not redefine the role: the Database Developer remains accountable for database-resident logic, data integrity, query behavior, and safe schema change. Benefits Compensation, benefits, work location, and employment terms are set for each specific opening and will be stated with that opening
Here's where they are and how to stand out in your next interview.
24.795Jobs
9.577IN
74%EN
That number includes positions in India (9,577), Poland (3,429), the United States (1,753), Singapore (787), and Brazil (779). If you're looking to move or work remotely, check which countries match your goals — then filter WorkMundi by location to see what's actually hiring near you.
Most developer ads you'll see are written in English: 18,397 of the 24,795. That doesn't tell you whether the job itself requires you to speak English or work in English daily, so read each posting carefully. Don't assume the language of the ad matches the language of the team.
The employers posting the most developer roles are Link Group (369 jobs), Upvanta (257), jobgether (226), and OfferZen (212). If you're applying to any of these, research their hiring patterns. They move fast and post often, which means they're either scaling hard or replacing people who didn't fit.
In your interview, expect this: 'Walk me through the last time you had to debug something that took you more than an hour. What was it, what did you try first, and what would you do differently?' Hiring managers ask this to see if you think systematically or just try random fixes. Have a real example ready with specifics.