Database Developer

At Sephora, beauty is about feeling seen, valued, and empowered, individually and collectively. It is connecting deeply with others, celebrating diversity and inclusivity, unlocking your potential and making a difference every day. Together, we belong to something beautiful.

Since its inception in 1969 in Limoges, France, and as part of the LVMH Group since 1997, Sephora has been disrupting the prestige beauty retail industry. Today, Sephora continues to break with convention to drive its mission: champion a world of inspiration and inclusion where everyone can celebrate their beauty.

With 56,000 employees in 35 countries, we connect customers and beauty brands within the world's most passionate beauty community. With a curation of nearly 500 brands, and our own label, Sephora Collection, we offer the most unique and diverse range of products: fragrances, makeup, hair care, skincare and much more.

We're looking for a mid weight Database Developer to support and enhance the SQL Server platforms that power SEPHORA UK's business critical applications. This is a hybrid role (approx. 70% development / 30% DBA), ideal for someone who is confident writing optimised SQL and T SQL, and who also has hands on experience with day to day database administration in production environments.

If you enjoy solving technical problems, improving performance, and working collaboratively with a variety of teams, this is a great opportunity to deepen both your development and DBA skills in a fast moving, supportive environment.

You'll contribute to the design, development and maintenance of our SQL Server environments, including:

• Supporting database administration activities such as installation, configuration, monitoring, patching and performance tuning.
• Assisting with high availability and disaster recovery setups (e.g., Always On, log shipping or mirroring) as part of the DBA workload.
• Designing and developing efficient SQL and T SQL solutions including queries, stored procedures, views and functions.
• Maintaining and improving database structures through sound data modelling and optimisation practices.
• Supporting backup and recovery processes and helping ensure alignment with RPO/RTO requirements.
• Monitoring database health and troubleshooting performance issues using execution plans, DMVs and diagnostic tools.
• Working with XML/JSON data structures for parsing, querying and structured output.
• Building and maintaining SSIS packages and ETL processes.
• Collaborating with engineers, system administrators and Agile teams to support delivery, review code, and optimise queries.

This role is open to candidates based in London or remote within the UK.

You'll bring solid experience with Microsoft SQL Server in production environments, with demonstrable capability across both database development and core DBA responsibilities. You communicate clearly, enjoy working cross functionally and take a practical, solutions focused approach.

You will also demonstrate:

• Strong T SQL skills, including writing, optimising and tuning queries.
• Experience supporting SQL Server environments, including performance troubleshooting using DMVs, indexes and execution plans.
• Practical exposure to backup, recovery and high availability methods.
• Good understanding of relational database design, indexing strategies and performance considerations.
• Familiarity with SSIS or similar ETL tooling.
• Experience with XML/JSON handling and data transformations.
• Some experience with PowerShell scripting or automation (nice to have, not essential).
• Ability to collaborate with engineering, infrastructure and DevOps teams to resolve issues and support stable operations.
• Comfort working in Agile/Scrum delivery environments.

• Community, in which authenticity is embraced, and the strength of our differences fuels our collective spirit.
• Culture of empowerment, learning & growth, that offers you the tools, space and opportunity to learn, innovate and lead.
• Work that brings fulfillment. From delighting clients every day, to inspiring our industry at large, every action makes a difference.

At Sephora, we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating and fostering an inclusive environment for everyone.