Distributed Systems Engineer

DomainTools is looking for a Distributed Systems Engineer (DSE) to add to our realtime engineering team. This is a crucial role to drive growth and innovation of DomainTools’s realtime products and services.

In this role, you will invent, design, prototype, construct, deploy and maintain cutting edge real-time telemetry processing platforms. You will collaborate with multiple departments, and at times with outside companies. A DSE is an experienced technologist and developer who can produce a range of capabilities spanning from rapid prototypes and proofs-of-concept projects to high quality production-ready code. A DSE should be adept at finding elegant solutions to highly complex problems.

Your role is very important to the company’s success. The requirements and skills outlined below are not all inclusive of the role and responsibilities of your job.

Job Responsibilities

• Design, prototype, construct, and maintain real-time telemetry 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

Requirements

Key Applicant Qualifications

• Innovative thinker, able to envision how technology can be implemented to solve challenges.
• Excellent communication, presentation, verbal and written skills
• Ability to Write and review expert level code in at least two of the following languages: C, Python, Go, Rust
• Familiarity with and adherence to security best practices
• 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
• Analytical and problem solving skills
• Commitment to excellence for both internal and external customers
• Experience working with a distributed team and collaborating with co-workers in different time zones
• Demonstrate good attention to detail, good judgment showing logical decision making

Pluses

• 3+ years experience in information technology
• BS in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or Information Technology or equivalent experience
• Deep understanding of one or more standardized Internet protocols: DNS, BGP, SMTP, etc.
• A working familiarity with some of the following: Cython, shell, m4, perl, ruby, php, C++, Erlang, asciidoc, docbook, doxygen, markdown
• Ability to travel for conferences and meetings several times per year