Database Developer

Kforce has a client in Chicago, IL that is seeking a Database Developer with strong experience in mobile-first API design, cloud-native backend development, and secure, scalable data management. Summary: This role will build and maintain the backend systems that power mobile applications, ensuring performance, availability, and enterprise-grade security. The ideal candidate is both hands-on and strategic-capable of designing robust technical solutions, maintaining databases, managing integrations, and ensuring backend services consistently meet business needs. Responsibilities:

• Develop, maintain, and optimize databases across the organization
• Ensure high data availability and ongoing system performance
• Diagnose and resolve database access issues and bottlenecks
• Evaluate and advise on software, hardware, and networking components relevant to database and backend systems
• Recommend database products, protocols, and standards to support new development or procurement efforts
• Design and deploy data tables, queries, forms, and reports
• Conduct data migrations between systems and environments
• Develop, implement, and maintain change-control processes for database modifications
• Apply third-party upgrades and ensure backward compatibility
• Ensure all database and backend systems meet business, performance, and reliability requirements
• Create ad-hoc queries and develop reports to support business operations
• Produce and maintain thorough technical documentation
• Design and build secure, scalable REST/JSON or GraphQL APIs optimized for mobile consumption
• Implement API authentication, authorization, and versioning strategies
• Ensure seamless communication between mobile applications and backend systems
• Develop and operate backend services in cloud environments (e.g., AWS)
• Integrate data stores, external systems, and third-party services
• Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, and reliability standards
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, MIS, or a related discipline-or equivalent experience