Data/Software Engineer

Job Description

Data Engineer / Software Engineer

Location: Chicago, IL (hybrid, 3 days/week onsite)

Compensation: $130,000 – $170,000 base + 15% target bonus

Travel: 10-20%

The Opportunity

Join a fast moving, family owned company with under $200M in revenue where your work directly shapes how the business runs. This is a rare seat with real access, you'll work alongside a lean 5 person IT team and have visibility straight up to the C-suite. No layers of bureaucracy, no waiting months to see your work matter.

The company is in the middle of a modern data transformation, standing up a cloud data warehouse on Azure Synapse to consolidate data across the business and build out real data governance and organization from the ground up. You'll be a foundational voice in how that gets built.

What You'll Do

• Design and build a data warehouse on Azure Synapse, consolidating data from across the business into a single, trusted source
• Establish data governance and organizational standards as part of the warehouse build
• Develop and maintain applications in an ASP.NET environment with a SQL Server backend
• Work as a hybrid data engineer/software engineer, comfortable moving between pipeline work and application development
• Use AI tools to accelerate and improve your own development workflow (this is a role that develops with AI, not one focused on building AI products)
• Operate in a Microsoft first environment, with flexibility to bring in other tools where they make sense

What We're Looking For

• 5-7 years of experience spanning data engineering and software engineering
• Hands on experience with Azure, ideally including Synapse or similar data warehousing tools
• Experience with ASP.NET and SQL Server
• Comfort working in a small, collaborative IT team with direct exposure to business leadership
• No visa sponsorship or relocation assistance available for this role

Why This One's Different

This isn't a role where you disappear into a ticket queue. It's a small, tight knit team at a company that's been around, moves fast, and treats its people well. You'll have real ownership, real impact, and a direct line to the people making decisions.