To be considered for this role, candidates must be a U.S. citizen.
This role provides expert-level analysis, design, development, maintenance, and support of the most complex database and data‑platform solutions across the enterprise. Operates as a hands-on technical authority in data architecture, advanced SQL and procedural logic, performance engineering, and secure, resilient data operations. Solves technical issues of highest complexity and strategic importance while providing thought leadership on database standards, patterns, and tooling. Partners across product, platform, and security teams to design elegant, scalable data solutions aligned to business strategy.
Essential Responsibilities
Knowledge & Skills
Skills Areas – Expert Level
Education & Experience
Database Developer Expert
Bachelor’s degree and 10 years of related work experience OR
Master’s degree and 7 years of related work experience
Database Developer Senior
Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of professional work experience or
Two years of college or database development bootcamp certificate and 7+ years of professional work experience
Database Developer
Bachelor’s degree and 3+ years of professional work experience
Two years of college or database development bootcamp certificate and 5+ years of professional work experience or
Database Developer Associate
Bachelor’s degree and 3+ years of professional work experience
Two years of college or database development bootcamp certificate and 5+ years of professional work experience or
Location: Cleveland, OH, Columbus, OH, Cincinnati, OH, or Pittsburgh, PA
The expected starting salary range for the Database Developer Expert is $137,000 and 188,400, for the Database Developer Senior is between $111,400 and $153,100 annually, for the Database Developer is between $90,500 and $124,400 annually and for the Database Developer Associate is between $66,100 and $90,900 annually. Final salary and offer will be determined by the applicant’s background, experience, skills, internal equity, and market data.
The Cleveland Fed offers benefits to support overall health and financial security. Learn more about our benefits here: https://www.clevelandfed.org/careers
Physical Demands and General Working Conditions
This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, standards or requirements, efforts, skills or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland reserves the right to revise this or any job description at any time.
Reasonable Accommodation Statement - The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland is committed to ensuring that individuals with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. To request a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please send an email to [email protected].
Bank’s Ethics Rules and Drug Testing:
As a condition of employment, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland employees must comply with the Bank’s ethics rules which generally prohibit employees, their spouses/domestic partners, and minor children from owning or controlling, directly or indirectly, any debt or equity interest in a depository institution or an affiliate of a depository institution. A "depository institution" means a bank, a trust company, or any institution that accepts deposits, including a bank chartered under the laws of a foreign country. In addition, employees (and their spouses/domestic partners, and minor children) may not own shares of mutual funds, unit investment trusts or ETFs that have a policy, as stated in the prospectus, of concentrating in the financial services industry and that have underlying investments in banks or other depository institutions. If you or your spouse/domestic partner or minor child own such securities and would not be willing or able to divest them if you accepted an offer of Bank employment, you should raise this issue with the recruiter for this posting.
In addition, as a condition of employment, candidates must undergo a background check and will be tested for all controlled substances prohibited by federal law, to include marijuana, prior to hire and for certain safety sensitive positions during employment.
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Based on 7,537 disclosed Software salaries on RoleSuite, the role pays a median of $158K/year, with most offers between $124K and $200K (10th–90th percentile: $101K–$235K).
This posting lists $137K–$137K, below the $158K market median.
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