Chemical Engineer

Energy Innovation Corp; Princeton (NJ); On-site; USD 78,000 - 111,000; Full time

Job summary

Mass General Brigham is seeking a junior Chemical Engineer to join a contract role focused on integrating Ruby and Rust in a Princeton, NJ stack. You will bridge Nginx and Ruby, and decide when to buy or build capabilities for the platform.

The role emphasizes hands-on development, a documentation-first environment, and mentorship to sharpen Ruby and listening skills while contributing to uptime and performance outcomes.

Qualifications

• 1+ years of hands-on experience in a technology role.

Responsibilities

• Chase down the Rust integration that silently drops Mass General Brigham events at midnight.
• Bridge Nginx and Ruby so the two halves of Mass General Brigham's platform finally talk.
• Decide when to buy Professionalism versus build it for Mass General Brigham's Princeton, NJ stack.
• Pair Rust and Ruby in a pipeline Mass General Brigham can extend without your help later.
• Land Professionalism performance wins Mass General Brigham can measure in NJ retention numbers.
• Carry features from whiteboard sketch to Princeton, NJ production without dropping the baton.
• Defend Mass General Brigham uptime through the 2 a.m. Princeton pages nobody volunteers for.
• Sketch the Professionalism architecture, defend it in review, then build the thing

Skills

Ruby

Rust

Active Listening

Documentation-first mindset

Tools

Nginx

Job description

We ship fast and break very little, and we want a Chemical Engineer who shares that obsession with Ruby. This contract opening offers $78,000 - $111,000, the autonomy to run your own projects, and a team invested in your development.

Key Responsibilities

• Chase down the Rust integration that silently drops Mass General Brigham events at midnight
• Bridge Nginx and Ruby so the two halves of Mass General Brigham's platform finally talk
• Decide when to buy Professionalism versus build it for Mass General Brigham's Princeton, NJ stack
• Pair Rust and Ruby in a pipeline Mass General Brigham can extend without your help later
• Land Professionalism performance wins Mass General Brigham can measure in NJ retention numbers
• Carry features from whiteboard sketch to Princeton, NJ production without dropping the baton
• Defend Mass General Brigham uptime through the 2 a.m. Princeton pages nobody volunteers for
• Sketch the Professionalism architecture, defend it in review, then build the thing

What You'll Bring

• Comfort being the newest person in the room and the loudest in the notes
• Around 1+ years of hands-on experience in a technology role
• The integrity to flag your own mistakes first
• Comfort with contract arrangements and the rhythms of a documentation-first workplace
• Self-direction that survives a quiet Slack channel
• A NJ work history, or strong reasons you'll thrive here anyway

Mass General Brigham is where curious, documentation-first people come to build the future of technology. Around Mass General Brigham, the loudest voice never automatically wins the technology argument.

This junior role pays $78,000 - $111,000 and comes with structured mentorship designed to sharpen your Ruby and Active Listening over time.

Your Nginx story isn't finished, and the next chapter might be a Chemical Engineer role here.