Chemical Engineer

Blackstone; Lakewood (CO); Hybrid; USD 88,000 - 132,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full benefits

Job summary

Blackstone in Lakewood, CO is seeking a Chemical Engineer who can take a vague technology request and return a high-trust system that exactly, and only, what was asked. Bring Linux and Kotlin sharpened over 4 years; Blackstone offers $88,000 - $132,000 plus a clear career path.

The role is open for ongoing freelance engagement in Lakewood with full benefits and a long-term growth plan. Applicants should be ready to commute or work flexibly as needed.

Qualifications

• Comfort navigating ambiguity when the brief arrives half-written.
• Real curiosity about why Blackstone customers do what they do.
• A history of leaving technology processes better than you found them.
• A track record of relentlessly curious delivery in a freelance structure.
• Comfortable owning projects from concept through delivery.
• Willingness to commute to Lakewood, CO or work flexibly as needed.

Responsibilities

• Mentor newer mid-level hires on how Blackstone wires Project Management together.
• Translate innovative business requirements into technical specifications and tasks.
• Document the MySQL system so the next mid-level engineer onboards in days, not weeks.
• Drive the TypeScript incident postmortem to stop the Lakewood outage from recurring.
• Tune Process Improvement queries until the CO database stops timing out under load.
• Champion engineering excellence and continuous learning within Blackstone.
• Keep Blackstone's Spring Boot dependencies patched before CVEs become incidents.
• Sit with technology users in Lakewood to learn what the TypeScript tool really needs.

Tools

Linux

Kotlin

TypeScript

MySQL

Spring Boot

Job description

We need a Chemical Engineer who can take a vague technology request and return a high-trust system that does exactly, and only, what was asked. Bring Linux and Kotlin sharpened over 4 years, and Blackstone answers with $88,000 - $132,000 plus a clear path up.

Key Responsibilities

• Mentor newer mid-level hires on how Blackstone actually wires Project Management together
• Translate innovative business requirements into technical specifications and tasks
• Document the MySQL system so the next mid-level engineer onboards in days, not weeks
• Drive the TypeScript incident postmortem that stops the Lakewood outage from recurring
• Tune Process Improvement queries until the CO database stops timing out under load
• Champion engineering excellence and continuous learning within Blackstone
• Keep Blackstone's Spring Boot dependencies patched before the CVEs become incidents
• Sit with technology users in Lakewood to learn what the TypeScript tool really needs

What You'll Bring

• Comfort navigating ambiguity when the brief arrives half-written
• Real curiosity about why Blackstone customers do what they do
• A history of leaving technology processes better than you found them
• A track record of relentlessly curious delivery in a freelance structure
• Comfortable owning projects from concept through delivery
• Willingness to commute to Lakewood, CO or work flexibly as needed

Blackstone was founded in Lakewood, CO on the idea that technology should be powerful yet refreshingly customer-obsessed. Every Chemical Engineer at Blackstone owns an outcome, not just a checklist of tasks.

We'll invest in you with $88,000 - $132,000, full benefits, and a roadmap that turns this job into a long-term career.

Hiring is open and ongoing for this freelance position in Lakewood.