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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Distributed Systems Engineer - **Company:** DomainTools - **Location:** Pittsburgh, PA, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Packaging, Border Gateway Protocol, Cloud Engineering, Databases, Continuous Integration, Linux, Distributed Systems, Domain Name System (DNS), Internet Protocol, Python (Programming Language), Object-Oriented Software Development, Secure Coding, Software Engineering, Database Engines, TCP/IP, Microservices - **Published:** June 11, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=120f85539db97f30 ## About the Role Do you have experience in Task prioritization?, * 5+ years of experience working and developing software for Linux or similar systems. * 5+ years of experience developing software and/or designing systems in a team environment. * Working familiarity with modern CI/CD systems and practices and cloud deployment. * Ability to write and review expert-level systems and application code in C, Rust, or Go. * Familiarity with multiple systems design approaches (e.g., Cloud-native, monolithic, and microservices) and their respective tradeoffs. * Familiarity with multiple programming paradigms (e.g., functional, object oriented, concurrent vs. parallel vs. event-driven) and their respective tradeoffs. * Self-starter with a high level of initiative, commitment and energy. * Excellent organizational and time management skills, ability to prioritize multiple tasks and organize work to meet deadlines. * Ability to understand the needs of the business and evaluate solutions to recommend to leadership. Preferred Qualifications * Working familiarity with Python, and Python integration with C or Rust. * Experience working remotely with distributed teams across multiple time zones. * Familiarity with software packaging and release engineering tools and infrastructure. * Understanding of core Internet technologies such as TCP/IP, DNS, or BGP. ## Description As a Sr. DSE, you will maintain and extend core systems software and assist operations in evolving the infrastructure for delivering high volume realtime telemetry, develop requirements, prototypes, and ultimately production implementations of new products based on the data. You will maintain, extend, and scale our industry-leading passive DNS database and its in-house storage engine. You will work with product management to design new products based on this data, and prototype, develop, and ultimately deploy them. Solving interesting problems and navigating tradeoffs are a core part of this engineering role, in addition to writing and configuring code., * Design, prototype, construct, and maintain real-time telemetry and telemetry processing platforms * Collaborate with multiple stakeholders throughout the company to execute a smooth process from idea to product * Maintain security, including best practices for secure coding standards, on all development projects and processes * Keep current with new technology * Write complete and effective documentation for your projects * Ensure that the team only produces the highest quality of code by acting as a peer reviewer and providing in-depth review along with detailed and thoughtful comments * Support sales and solutions engineering as a subject matter expert on team supported products and systems. ## Related Videos - [An Applied Introduction to eBPF with Go](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1075-an-applied-introduction-to-ebpf-with-go) - [Navigating the Corporate Jungle: Life as a Developer in a large Company](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/621-navigating-the-corporate-jungle-life-as-a-developer-in-a-large-company) - [Kubernetes and Microservices with Multi-Model Databases](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/382-kubernetes-and-microservices-with-multi-model-databases) - [Docker network without Docker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1418-docker-network-without-docker) - [Turning Container security up to 11 with Capabilities](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/718-turning-container-security-up-to-11-with-capabilities) - [Discover the open source trio you didn’t expect: .NET and PostgreSQL on Linux](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2042-discover-the-open-source-trio-you-didn-t-expect-net-and-postgresql-on-linux) ## Related Articles - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [Best Countries for Software Engineers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/267-best-countries-for-software-engineers) - [Dev Digest 121 - AI goes offline](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/456-dev-digest-121-ai-goes-offline) - [Where To Find Software Engineering Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/396-where-to-find-software-engineering-jobs)