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# Senior Software Engineer

- **Company:** DomainTools
- **Location:** Chicago, IL, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Airflow, Amazon Web Services, Bash Shell, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Code Review, Encodings, Codecs, Continuous Integration, Information Engineering, Data Files, Data Mining, Data Stores, Data Systems, Elasticsearch, Apache Hive, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Machine Learning, Software Engineering, Rust (Programming Language), Apache Spark, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Apache Kafka, Data Pipelines, OpenSearch, Docker, Golang, Programming Languages, Microservices
- **Published:** November 2, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/senior-software-engineer-chicago-il--8c26b7b8-05fe-44b8-ab4a-3b5e6fe7f811

## About the Role

Software Engineering, Mentoring, Technical Leadership, Problem Solving Skills, Software Engineering, Continuous Improvement, Systems Maintenance, Cloud Computing, Rust Programming Language, Docker, We are looking for someone with a strong background in Python, Rust, GoLang, and cloud infrastructure (AWS, Docker, Kubernetes) who is eager to take on big challenges and deliver high-quality, impactful results., * 5+ years of professional development experience with Python, GoLang, Rust or equivalent languages. Expertise in Rust and Python is highly valued.

 * 3+ years of experience with cloud infrastructure, specifically AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes.
 * 3+ years of experience with web-scale data engineering, leveraging data stores such as OpenSearch, Postgres (or PSQL), CockroachDB and Spark.
 * 3+ years of professional experience with Kafka.
 * 5+ years of experience working with Linux/Unix environments.
 * Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
 * Proven ability to coordinate effectively between multiple teams.
 * A positive attitude, strong interpersonal skills, and a genuine enjoyment of collaborating with, mentoring and assisting teammates.
 * Exceptional attention to detail and a commitment to delivering high-quality results.
 * Demonstrated history of high initiative and productivity that consistently adds value.
 * A proactive attitude towards continuous learning, particularly in unfamiliar domains.
 * Excited and passionate about working within the security space.

Pluses

 * Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science/related field or equivalent experience
 * Design, implementation and/or maintenance of CICD & microservices
 * Experience with Data Pipelines such as ElasticSearch, NATS or Apache Airflow
 * Experience with data mining or machine learning techniques
 * Experience with text codec, encoding & web protocols
 * Bash, Scala, C, or Hive development experience
 * Experience with full stack development

## Description

DomainTools is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to join our Engineering Team. This role is perfect for a creative problem-solver with deep expertise in large-scale data engineering and a passion for technical leadership and continuous improvement. You'll be a key technical collaborator, not only designing and maintaining complex systems but also accelerating engineering productivity and mentoring the next generation of engineers., * Design, code and maintain web-scale data systems

 * Discover, analyze and validate new data sets to add value for our customers
 * Creative problem solving to necessarily complex systems
 * Research, prove and employ cutting edge techniques & technologies
 * Provide code reviews, design feedback, demos, technical requirements & documentation
 * Provide accurate, scope, estimates for time, capacity & costs of projects
 * Improve the lives of your coworkers by accelerating engineering productivity, reducing operational toil and increasing consistency
 * Provide technical leadership, assist in on-boarding & mentoring of junior engineers