Job Description
Who We Are: At KEV, we help school districts eliminate the school finance blind spot. Our platform gives district finance teams real-time visibility and traceability into every dollar collected at the school level; whether it's cash, check, or digital. From field trips to fundraisers, we help them manage every dollar with confidence. More than 26,000 schools across North America trust KEV to manage over $4 billion annually. By unifying payments, accounting, and reporting, KEV simplifies life for bookkeepers, builds trust with parents, and gives finance leaders the oversight their current systems cannot. It's how we help schools stay compliant, reduce risk, and focus on what matters most, student success.
Backed by Five Arrows, the PE arm of Rothschild & Co., KEV is investing more than ever to support K–12 in a world of tighter budgets, rising scrutiny, and fast-changing tech. We're headquartered in Toronto, with offices across North America.
If you're excited by the idea of building tech that protects schools, empowers finance teams, and improves education through better systems, KEV is the place for you.
Why Join KEV?- Work in an industry that benefits children, parents and schools
- Do meaningful and purpose-driven work, and make a real impact
- Join a quickly growing organization with real opportunity for learning and growth
- Passionate and accessible leadership team that cares about people, personally and professionally
- Hybrid work environment (3 days a week in our North York office)
Job Description: As a senior database administrator and SQL Server expert, you'll be responsible for the database tier of our application and ensuring our customers experience great performance and availability. The role has three high-level components: operations (over 2,000 databases across multiple servers and Azure regions), development (optimizations and reviews), and supporting analytics (building extracts and ETLS). The operations component of the role involves the management of 1,000+ databases across multiple servers and multiple environments. You'll lead day-to-day database operations (for example, standard maintenance jobs and monitoring), transformative projects (for example, migrating and modernizing databases onto Azure), as well as performance monitoring and tuning. The development component of the role involves at times optimizing stored procedures and other times working with developers to optimize various database-related code. You'll act as a code reviewer for database-related code changes, and in conjunction with developers and/or performance engineers you'll ensure these changes are safe, deployable, and performant.
To succeed in this role you'll need to be very strong with SQL Server, including different compatibility levels and Azure deployments. You also need to be a team player as we are a small team that works very closely together. Lastly, you should be driven to improve systems and solve problems – we move fast.
Responsibilities: - Managing and enhancing database maintenance jobs and monitoring systems
- Performance monitoring and tuning using various tools and custom scripts
- Investigating issues in production and fixing root causes as and when needed
- Manage database version and compatibility level upgrades
- Re-writing SQL code to improve the performance of the application
- Reviewing database-related code changes
- Performing ad hoc data pulls for analysis
- Creating and automating standard analytics datasets via ETLs to be utilized by PowerBI
- Assisting other teams when required
Skills and Experience: - 7+ years of experience working with different versions of Microsoft SQL Server, including the various versions available in Azure.
- Experience managing a large set of databases for a SaaS application
- Expert in performance monitoring, analysis, and tuning, including rewriting complex SQL to improve customer experience
- Experience automating routine DBA tasks using scripts
- Experience with Azure DevOps & PowerShell nice to have
Why You'll Love Working at KEV - Make a real difference every day – At KEV, your work supports children, parents, and schools across North America. We don't just build software, we create solutions that simplify lives and strengthen communities. Our mission is rooted in impact, and every team member plays a vital role in shaping the future of K-12 education.
- The KEV Way – At KEV, you'll never feel stuck in the status quo. You'll be part of a team that's constantly questioning, improving, and innovating—always with one guiding focus: How does this help our schools and the students they serve? It's a culture that challenges you to do your best work while reminding you why it matters.
- Grow with us – We're scaling fast, and so are our people. At KEV, you'll have real opportunities to learn, develop, and shape your career. Whether advancing in your role or exploring a new path, you'll be supported every step of the way.
- Work alongside excellence – You'll be part of a team with integrity who treat their colleagues with respect. who are accomplished but humble, collaborative but accountable. It's a place where you can do your best work while feeling supported and inspired by the people around you.
- Celebrate Community and Culture – At KEV, we connect, recognize, and celebrate our people. Join Club KEV for team-building fun, hear directly from customers in our Voice of Customer Series, stay aligned with Monthly Townhalls, and be inspired by the KEVite Awards, where top contributors are recognized by their peers.
What We Offer - Competitive compensation – We believe in rewarding great work with fair, competitive pay.
- Meaningful benefits – Because your well-being matters, both at work and at home.
- Professional development – We invest in your growth with ongoing learning, stretch opportunities, and continuing education, including KEV Academy for onboarding and skill-building, plus KEV University, our online platform offering a wide range of courses.
- Hybrid model – 3 days in the office to collaborate and connect, with flexibility the rest of the week.
- Flexible PTO – Take the time you need to recharge with close to 4 weeks of vacation and a company-wide holiday closure
- Office perks – Enjoy a fully stocked snack bar and occasional catered lunches—because we know that great conversations (and ideas) often start around good food.
Visit our website for more information and details about working at KEV.
Job Tags
Work at office, Work from home, Flexible hours, 3 days per week,