Remote Database Developer Jobs
Remote database developer jobs are open across the U.S. at remote-first companies and distributed engineering teams in sectors like software, finance, healthcare, and e-commerce. Employers hiring remote database developers right now include B&A, Netrist, and Trimble. See the openings below and apply to the ones that match your experience.
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Job Information
- Date Opened 11/04/2026
- Job Type Full time
- Work Experience 4+ Years
- Industry IT Services
- Remote Job
Job Description
This is a remote position.
The ideal candidate has strong SQL and database development skills and hands-on experience with PostgreSQL and Oracle, familiarity with the AWS Database Migration, and practical experience using Liquibase to manage database changes through DevSecOps pipelines. The candidate should be comfortable developing automation scripts and collaborating with microservice teams to ensure database structures remain aligned with application object models.
What you will do
- Database Development and Schema Management
- Maintain and optimize a PostgreSQL database hosted in AWS.
- Develop, maintain, and version-control data definition (DDL) scripts for schema creation, modification, and migration.
- Work with senior developers to execute the migration of existing data and schema from an Oracle database to PostgreSQL, ensuring data integrity and performance.
- Maintain technical documentation for database design, configuration, schema changes, and operational procedures.
- Monitor and tune database performance for reliability, scalability, and efficiency.
- Design and implement back-up and disaster recovery processes to ensure high availability and business continuity.
- Manage database backups, restores, and updates in alignment with best practices.
- Perform database object synchronization by identifying and resolving discrepancies involving tables, indexes, packages, views, constraints, LOBs, grants, and invalid objects.
- Manage database security and access controls by validating user permissions, schema grants, role assignments, and object-level privileges.
- Perform index reconciliation and optimization by comparing source and target database structures and generating missing index deployment scripts.
- Collaborate with engineering and DevOps teams to ensure database security, scalability, and compliance.
- Maintain and optimize a PostgreSQL database hosted in AWS.
- Oracle-to-PosgreSQL Migration and AWS DMS Support
- Manage schema conversion, object validation, and post-migration reconciliation across multiple Oracle database schemas.
- Support AWS DMS configuration, monitoring, and troubleshooting, including task validation, CDC synchronization, LOB handling, endpoint verification, and migration performance tuning.
- Conduct migration validation activities including row count comparisons, object count verification, CDC testing, referential integrity checks, and application smoke testing.
- Develop and execute SQL and shell automation scripts for schema exports, row count validation, object comparison, and migration verification using SQL*Plus, Bash, PostgreSQL utilities, Oracle metadata utilities, and related tools.
- Create automated workflows for identifying missing database objects and generating DDL scripts to remediate inconsistencies between source and target environments.
- Coordinate migration cutover activities and work cross-functionally with cloud engineers, developers, database administrators, and program stakeholders to ensure successful deployment and operational continuity.
- Author migration procedures, validation checklists, turnover materials, and operational documentation to support sustainment and knowledge transfer.
- Manage schema conversion, object validation, and post-migration reconciliation across multiple Oracle database schemas.
- Database Management for Microservices using Liquibase
- Support automated generation or validation of database table definitions based on Java object models and microservice data contracts.
- Review OpenAPI specifications to understand microservice interfaces, request and response models, and data structures that affect database design.
- Work with Java microservice teams to ensure database tables and schema changes are consistent with Java domain objects, persistence models, DTOs, and service-layer requirements.
- Help define repeatable workflows for translating OpenAPI-defined service models and Java application objects into consistent PostgreSQL schema updates.
- Integrate Liquibase database changes into CI/CD pipelines to support controlled, repeatable, and auditable schema deployments.
- Validate Liquibase changes across environments and troubleshoot schema deployment failures, rollback issues, checksum conflicts, and environment drift.
- Collaborate with backend developers to ensure database changes support microservice functionality, API contracts, data integrity, and performance requirements.
- Support automated generation or validation of database table definitions based on Java object models and microservice data contracts.
You should be familiar with
- SQL, relational database design, schema development, and database object management.
- Developing DDL scripts, migration scripts, validation scripts, and database automation scripts.
- Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL, preferably hosted in AWS RDS.
- Familiarity with Oracle
- Familiarity with AWS Database Migration Service
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Git, Bash, and other DevSecOps tools
- Agile software development methodology and team practices
- Experience using Liquibase or a similar database change management tool
- Proficiency with Git-based version control and collaborative development workflows.
- Familiarity with AWS infrastructure, cloud-hosted database environments, security groups, networking, and application connectivity.
- Strong troubleshooting skills and the ability to analyze schema, data, migration, and deployment issues across environments.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to document technical procedures and collaborate with developers, cloud engineers, and stakeholders.
What we like to see
- Passionate about database development and coding
- Flexible and adaptable when requirement change or priorities change
- Enthusiastic about adopting DevSecOps practices
- Thrives when collaborating within a small, cross-functional team
Proactive communicator who knows when to ask for help when blocked -
Requirements
- 4+ years of professional experience in software engineering, DevOps, or database administration.
- Security+ certification (or willingness to obtain one)
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
Benefits
- Paid Time Off
- Medical benefits: Health Care, Vision, Dental, Long- and Short-Term Disability, and Life Insurance
- Dependent Care and Healthcare Flexible Spending Accounts
- Annual Health Reimbursement Arrangement
- Education Assistance Program
- 401(k) Plan
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Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software
- Manufacturing
- Consulting & Professional Services
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in remote database developer jobs.
- Proficiency in SQL with experience writing complex queries, stored procedures, and triggers
- Hands-on experience with at least one major RDBMS such as Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, or MySQL
- Experience designing and optimizing relational database schemas for production systems
- Familiarity with ETL processes, data warehousing concepts, and tools such as SSIS or Informatica
- Understanding of database performance tuning, indexing strategies, and query execution plans
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, or a closely related field
Tips for Your Remote Database Developer Job Search
Apply early to remote roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists remote database developer openings from across the U.S. in one place. Check it regularly and apply directly to roles that match your database stack and experience level, since remote openings at distributed teams often close fast.
Build a portfolio of database work
Remote employers can't see you at a whiteboard, so your work has to speak for itself. Publish schema designs, query optimization write-ups, or a documented data modeling project on GitHub to give hiring managers something concrete to evaluate before an interview.
Show async communication skills clearly
Remote database developer teams run on written communication. Tailor your application materials to reflect how you document decisions, write technical specs, and communicate with teammates across time zones, since remote employers screen for this as seriously as they screen for SQL proficiency.
Match your tools to the remote job's stack
Remote database developer postings are specific about the databases and environments they use, whether PostgreSQL on AWS, SQL Server in Azure, or Snowflake for analytics. Lead with the tools the role names so your application clears the first screen against a distributed team's requirements.
Remote Database Developer Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a remote database developer job?
Target companies that run fully distributed engineering teams, since they build hiring processes and tooling around remote database work from the start. Remote employers screen for self-direction, clear async written communication, and hands-on proficiency with the databases and query optimization work their stack demands. Candidates who can show documented solo project work, GitHub repositories, or contributions to production data systems stand out most for remote roles.
Which companies hire remote database developers?
Companies hiring remote database developers right now include B&A, Netrist, and Trimble, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Remote-first software companies, fintech firms, and distributed healthcare platforms make up a large share of these openings, often hiring database developers to support cloud data infrastructure and high-volume transaction systems.
Can you get a remote database developer job with no experience?
Yes, but remote entry-level database developer roles are harder to land because employers expect you to troubleshoot and deliver independently without an on-site team nearby. Small SaaS startups and remote-first agencies are more likely to take a chance on junior candidates. Building a portfolio of schema designs, query optimization examples, or a personal database project shows employers you can do the work before you have a formal title.
Do you need a degree for remote database developer jobs?
Not always. Many remote employers weigh demonstrated SQL proficiency, database design experience, and familiarity with tools like PostgreSQL, MySQL, or cloud data warehouses over a formal degree. Certifications from database vendors and a portfolio of real work carry significant weight, especially at remote-first companies that evaluate candidates through skills-based screening rather than credential checks alone.
Which industries hire the most remote database developers?
Remote database developer roles concentrate in Technology & Software, Manufacturing, and Consulting & Professional Services, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. These sectors rely heavily on distributed data teams to manage large, business-critical datasets that require ongoing remote database development, maintenance, and optimization work.
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