Why Join Q2?
Q2 is a leading provider of digital banking and lending solutions to banks, credit unions, alternative finance companies, and fintechs in the U.S. and internationally. Our mission is simple: build strong and diverse communities through innovative financial technology—and we do that by empowering our people to help create success for our customers.
What Makes Q2 Special?
Being as passionate about our people as we are about our mission. We celebrate our employees in many ways, including our “Circle of Awesomeness” award ceremony and day of employee celebration among others! We invest in the growth and development of our team members through ongoing learning opportunities, mentorship programs, internal mobility, and meaningful leadership relationships. We also know that nothing builds trust and collaboration like having fun. We hold an annual Dodgeball for Charity event at our Q2 Stadium in Austin, inviting other local companies to play, and community organizations we support to raise money and awareness together.
What You’ll Do
- Identify, analyze, and resolve complex SQL performance and scalability issues
- Deeply analyze execution plans, indexing strategies, concurrency, locking, and resource utilization
- Design and implement durable performance improvements across queries, schemas, and workloads
- Build automation and tooling to detect, diagnose, and remediate database performance issues
- Partner with application and platform teams to improve database access patterns and system design
- Establish, document, and enforce database performance best practices
- Clearly explain complex technical concepts and trade-offs to both technical and non-technical audiences
Required Expertise
Candidates must demonstrate expert-level (“can teach a class”) knowledge in all the following:
- SQL performance tuning and optimization
- SQL Server, Postgres, Aurora
- Query optimizers, execution plans, indexing, statistics, and transaction isolation
- Designing and supporting database-backed APIs
- Building automation and tooling to support database performance and reliability
- Infrastructure as Code using Terraform
- Leveraging AI to automatically identify bottlenecks
- Cloud platforms: AWS and Azure, including managed database services
- Performance monitoring, troubleshooting, and tuning in distributed systems
- CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation
- Capacity planning, workload modeling, and cost optimization
What We’re Looking For
- A proven track record of improving database performance at scale
- A keen eye to spot when something isn’t right and the diligence to not stop until its resolved
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to mentor engineers and influence architecture and design decisions
• • Comfortable operating as a technical authority across teams
RESPONSIBILITIES• Lead the design and implementation of business intelligence solutions, data architecture, analytics frameworks, governance protocols, and data quality standards. • Serve as subject matter expert in database performance, scalability, and security • Develop and enforce enterprise standards, policies, and procedures • Partner with senior leadership to align data architecture with business strategy • Lead major modernization, migration, or transformation projects • Mentor other technical staff and lead knowledge-sharing efforts • Evaluate technology trends and make strategic recommendations EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE• Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field and a minimum of 12 years of related experience; or an advanced degree with 8+ years of experience; or equivalent related work experience • Recognized expert in database design, architecture, and optimization • Demonstrated leadership in enterprise database strategy and execution • Experience with cloud-native and distributed database solutions • Strong cross-functional collaboration and communication skillsThis position requires fluent written and oral communication in English.
Health & Wellness
Hybrid Work Opportunities
Flexible Time Off
Career Development & Mentoring Programs
Health & Wellness Benefits, including competitive health insurance offerings and generous paid parental leave for eligible new parents
Community Volunteering & Company Philanthropy Programs
Employee Peer Recognition Programs – “You Earned it”
Click here to find out more about the benefits we offer.
Our Culture & Commitment:
We’re proud to foster a supportive, inclusive environment where career growth, collaboration, and wellness are prioritized. And our benefits go beyond healthcare—offering resources for physical, mental, and professional well-being. Click here to find out more about the benefits we offer. Q2 employees are encouraged to give back through volunteer work and nonprofit support through our Spark Program (see more). We believe in making an impact—in the industry and in the community.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or veteran status.
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What the Team is Saying
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What We Do
Want to feel truly valued at work? Check out Q2! Our unique company culture and super-hero employees, are what sets us apart. We know how to get it done and still have fun! Q2 builds the leading mobile banking software platform serving Credit Unions, Banks (large and small), Community Banks and Financial Institutions. Our mission is to build stronger and diverse communities by strengthening their financial institutions. Q2 prioritizes innovation, collaboration and celebrating our employees who make our mission successful. Q2 is a national "Best Place to Work" Award winner 3 years running! Join our "Circle of Awesomeness"! #Q2Peeps
Why Work With Us
Nothing builds trusting, collaborative relationships like a fun atmosphere and a shared sense of purpose. Q2 is known for our collaborative, friendly and mission driven culture. We prioritize career development and employee recognition. We value our customer relationships and our global impact.
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Q2 Offices
Hybrid Workspace
Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
Our hybrid work environment allows us to work, where we work best! Employees can choose when to work from home and when to work in-person. Q2 also has a few specific days a month, where functional groups are in office collaborating together.
