Chemical Engineer

Egreenservices; Hayward (CA); On-site; USD 143,000 - 212,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Growth opportunities

Generous benefits

Mentor program

Job summary

JCPenney in Hayward, CA is seeking a Chemical Engineer with 6+ years of technology experience to own projects, collaborate with a sharp team, and help ensure uptime and reliability.

This part-time role offers growth, generous benefits, a mentor, and a compensation range of $143,000 to $212,000 per year. You will defend uptime, manage infrastructure as code, and contribute to sprint planning and roadmaps while ensuring compliance with Kubernetes and Ansible workflows.

Qualifications

• Authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.
• Comfort presenting to a CA-wide audience without a script.
• Comfort being accountable for a low-drama outcome in a part-time role.
• Comfort defending a recommendation in front of skeptics.
• Hands-on experience with modern TypeScript workflows and tooling.
• A communicator who can disagree without making it personal.

Responsibilities

• Defend JCPenney uptime through the 2 a.m. Hayward pages nobody volunteers for.
• Watch Ansible error budgets and pump the brakes before Hayward, CA burns through them.
• Keep the Microservices build pipeline green so Hayward deploys never wait on a red light.
• Stitch TypeScript events into the React pipeline feeding JCPenney's technology reports.
• Configure and manage infrastructure as code across staging and production.
• Harden JCPenney's Kubernetes auth so the CA audit comes back clean.
• Lead the TypeScript migration that finally retires JCPenney's zero-bureaucracy legacy stack.
• Contribute to sprint planning, estimation, and technology roadmap discussions.

Skills

TypeScript workflows

Communication

Public speaking

Collaboration

Tools

Ansible

Kubernetes

TypeScript

React

Job description

Somewhere between the whiteboard sketch and the green deploy badge is the Chemical Engineer role we're opening in Hayward, CA. Lean on 6+ years of technology expertise to own projects, collaborate with a sharp team, and earn $143,000 - $212,000.

Key Responsibilities

• Defend JCPenney uptime through the 2 a.m. Hayward pages nobody volunteers for
• Watch Ansible error budgets and pump the brakes before Hayward, CA burns through them
• Keep the Microservices build pipeline green so Hayward deploys never wait on a red light
• Stitch TypeScript events into the React pipeline feeding JCPenney's technology reports
• Configure and manage infrastructure as code across staging and production
• Harden JCPenney's Kubernetes auth so the CA audit comes back clean
• Lead the TypeScript migration that finally retires JCPenney's zero-bureaucracy legacy stack
• Contribute to sprint planning, estimation, and technology roadmap discussions

What You'll Bring

• Authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship
• Comfort presenting to a CA-wide audience without a script
• Comfort being accountable for a low-drama outcome in a part-time role
• Comfort defending a recommendation in front of skeptics
• Hands-on experience with modern TypeScript workflows and tooling
• A communicator who can disagree without making it personal

At JCPenney, the high-growth Hayward crew believes technology should feel boring and reliable, never thrilling and fragile. Feedback flows in every direction, so good ideas reach the table no matter who voices them.

Combine $143,000 - $212,000 with growth, generous benefits, and a mentor, and you have the reason people stay at JCPenney for years.