Senior Data Platform Engineer

About Applied Business Software, Inc.,

Applied Business Software, Inc., (ABS), the maker of The Mortgage Office , is the industry leader in private lending and loan management technology. Since 1978, our software has powered thousands of lenders, including private money firms, municipalities, CDFIs, Tribal Nations, universities, franchisors, third-party servicers and other non-bank lenders; helping them streamline, automate, and scale their lending operations with confidence.

About the role

We are looking for a Senior Data Platform Engineer to own management, maintenance, and uptime of our customer and shared system databases. You will also partner with our team to maintain and evolve a custom machine learning model built in-house. Our stack includes Azure cloud services, MS SQL Server, Azure Synapse, Data Factory, PowerShell, and Kubernetes.

What you'll do

• Own and evolve tooling, architecture and management of our high-volume single-tenant data platform that hosts 2000 customer databases across 10 MS SQL Server instances.
• Manage and up-level database and schema management of live production databases via a unified and resilient web-based tool.
• Monitor and ensure database health, replication and performance; proactively respond to incidents and lead root cause analysis.
• Build a pipeline using Azure tools & Azure ML ecosystem to iterate, improve and retrain our custom in-house machine learning model.
• Partner with Data Engineer to maintain data pipelines that synchronize customer data from MSSQL databases to Azure Synapse using native Azure services and Change Data Capture (CDC)
• Partner with application and product teams to design scalable data solutions that power analytics, reporting, and AI-first applications.

Qualifications

• 5 years of production experience in data engineering or database administration, with strong ownership of data platforms.
• Proven DBA-level expertise in Microsoft SQL Server: backup & recovery, performance tuning, index management, query optimization, and high availability configurations.
• Experience building tools and automation for day-to-day database maintenance and schema-updates with alerting and monitoring.
• Deep expertise in the Azure data ecosystem including Azure Delta Lake, Synapse Analytics, AI Foundry and cloud-based data architectures.
• Ability to work cross-functionally and translate business requirements into scalable data solutions.

Why Join Us?

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage.
• 401(k) with company funded match.
• Mission-driven company with a 45 year legacy and industry-leading products trusted by thousands of lenders.
• Collaborative, supportive team known for long tenure, deep expertise, and a culture built on trust and integrity.
• Help modernize and evolve the leading platform in private lending technology.
• Beautiful Huntington Beach office with a tight-knit culture.
• Competitive compensation and room for professional growth.
• Performance-based bonuses.
• Generous PTO.
• Modern workspace with on-site amenities.
• Awesome company Christmas party.

The pay range for this role is:

150,000 - 170,000 USD per year (Huntington Beach, CA)

Salary : $150,000 - $170,000