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Balyasny Asset Management

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Work type: On-site
Location: New York, NY
Salary: $200,000–$250,000 / yr
Posted: 3 days ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Above market

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This role $225k

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About Balyasny Asset Management

Balyasny Asset Management (BAM) is a global multi-manager hedge fund offering diversified investment strategies across equities, macro, commodities, and systematic trading.

Balyasny Asset Management currently has 47 open roles on FindRole.

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The Senior Database Platform Engineer role at Balyasny Asset Management in New York City involves designing and operating SQL Server and Snowflake workloads to create automated provisioning and lifecycle management solutions. This engineer will implement high-availability strategies and declarative database management practices, ensuring all schema changes are version-controlled and auditable using tools like Flyway or Liquibase. Key responsibilities include developing GitOps workflows for comprehensive monitoring with OpenTelemetry and Grafana, as well as building self-service interfaces within the database environment. The ideal candidate has deep expertise in SQL Server and Snowflake, proficiency with Terraform, and strong understanding of schema-as-code principles. Additional skills in Python or PowerShell are required, while experience with PostgreSQL, Redis, Kubernetes, and analytical databases like ClickHouse is preferred. This role demands a platform-oriented mindset and enthusiasm for modernizing traditional database management practices.

Skills

SQL Server Snowflake Terraform Flyway Liquibase GitOps OpenTelemetry Prometheus Grafana Python Powershell CI/CD PostgreSQL Redis Kubernetes Apache Iceberg Trino Apache Airflow dbt ClickHouse

What you'll do

Design and operate SQL Server and Snowflake workloads with automated provisioning.
Implement high-availability solutions and declarative management for SQL Server and Snowflake.
Own and drive version-controlled, auditable, and repeatable database deployment practices.
Provision and manage database infrastructure using Terraform for structured deployments.
Develop GitOps workflows and observability pipelines for comprehensive monitoring.

What we're looking for

Deep expertise in SQL Server including performance tuning, indexing strategies, Always On AG, replication, and security hardening.
Strong hands-on experience with Snowflake for data modeling, Snowpipe, dynamic tables, RBAC, and cost optimization.
Proficiency with Terraform for database infrastructure provisioning and lifecycle management.
Proven experience with declarative and state-based database deployments using tools like Flyway or Liquibase.
Strong understanding of schema-as-code principles including versioned migrations and environment promotion.
Skills in CI/CD processes and GitOps workflows integrating database deployments into DevOps pipelines.
Proficiency with monitoring solutions such as Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, and Loki.

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