In 2015, Companion Protect (CP) set our sights on extending and enhancing the lives of cats and dogs by offering the highest quality pet insurance programs featuring comprehensive coverage, innovative technologies, and inclusive plans for all ages and breeds. And we haven’t looked back since!

Our vision today? Keeping pets healthy …. because pets make us happy!

Achieving that vision wouldn’t be possible without our greatest asset: our associates. At CP, you will join an enthusiastic team that values collaboration and innovation and has a strong belief in harnessing a variety of experiences, ideas, and technology to maximize the impact we make. Are you ready to make your impact to help pets?

We’re a small but ambitious company building our own insurance administration platform from the ground up. Our goal is to modernize the insurance experience with speed, flexibility, and reliability. To get there, we need a hands-on DBA who can help us build, scale, and secure the data layer that powers everything we do.

What you’ll do here:

• Design and maintain database schemas that support policies, claims, billing, and other core insurance operations.

• Keep our databases running fast and reliable—tuning queries, optimizing indexes, and staying ahead of performance issues.

• Own backups, recovery, and disaster recovery planning.

• Work closely with engineers to support development and production environments.

• Set up monitoring and alerts so we know what’s happening before it becomes an issue.

• Lock down security and access to protect sensitive insurance data.

• Help automate database-related tasks as part of our CI/CD pipelines.

What you’ll bring to the team:

• Solid experience with relational databases, particularly MS SQLServer.

• Strong SQL skills—you can write, debug, and optimize queries in your sleep.

• Hands-on experience with database monitoring, backups, and performance tuning.

• Comfort working in the cloud (Azure and AWS).

• Ability to troubleshoot and solve problems quickly when production issues pop up.

• A collaborative mindset—you’ll work directly with developers, product managers, and leadership.

Bonus Points:

• Experience in insurance, fintech, or healthcare environments.

• Familiarity with NoSQL or data warehouse technologies.

• Scripting/automation chops (Python, Bash, etc.).

• An interest in shaping data strategy for a growing company.

Where you’ll work: This is a hybrid opportunity, Tuesday through Thursday in the office.

Why you might love working here:

• You’ll have a direct impact on building a new insurance platform from scratch.

• Small team = lots of ownership, influence, and visibility.

• We move fast, cut red tape, and value smart solutions over hierarchy.

• Competitive salary and benefits, plus room to grow as we scale.

Whether you work at CP HQ or join our team remotely, we offer employee perks that go beyond your standard benefits and compensation packages.

Our leadership team is dedicated to transparency, growth, and our purpose. We hire associates whose personal core values align with ours: Integrity – do the right thing, Accountability – own your actions, teamwork – build success together, Innovation – find the better way, and Compassion – approach with empathy. You’ll find limitless growth and opportunities as we grow together. We invest in our associates because they invest their careers with us. If you're ready to utilize your skills and passion to make a significant impact in the reimagining of pet healthcare, Companion Protect might be the place for you.

Our perks and benefits:

• Generously subsidized company-sponsored medical, dental, and vision insurance

• 401K with company match and immediate vesting

• Subsidized pet insurance

• Casual Office Attire

• Flexible working environment

• Competitive PTO

• Paid Parental and Pawternity leave

• 11 Paid company holidays per year

• Gym reimbursement

• Community giveback opportunities, including paid time off for philanthropic endeavors

At Companion Protect, we celebrate, support, and thrive on inclusion, for the benefit of our associates, our partners, and our products. CP is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all associates and to providing associates with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Companion Protect are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. We will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.