Data/Software Engineer

Data Engineer / Software EngineerLocation: Chicago, IL (hybrid, 3 days/week onsite)Compensation: $130,000 - $170,000 base + 15% target bonusTravel: 10-20%The OpportunityJoin 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 DoDesign and build a data warehouse on Azure Synapse, consolidating data from across the business into a single, trusted sourceEstablish data governance and organizational standards as part of the warehouse buildDevelop and maintain applications in an ASP.NET environment with a SQL Server backendWork as a hybrid data engineer/software engineer, comfortable moving between pipeline work and application developmentUse 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 senseWhat We're Looking For5-7 years of experience spanning data engineering and software engineeringHands on experience with Azure, ideally including Synapse or similar data warehousing toolsExperience with ASP.NET and SQL ServerComfort working in a small, collaborative IT team with direct exposure to business leadershipNo visa sponsorship or relocation assistance available for this roleWhy This One's DifferentThis 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.