Chemical Engineer

Energy Innovation Corp; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 106,000 - 162,000; Full time

Job summary

VMware seeks a Chemical Engineer with hands-on ownership of technology work in Seattle, WA. The role emphasizes refactoring complexity, driving best practices in testing, security, and observability, and making impactful architectural decisions.

The position offers a transparent salary range and growth opportunities within a fast-paced, supportive team. With a headline salary of $106,000 to $162,000, candidates should demonstrate at least 3 years of tech experience, strong learning agility, and

Qualifications

• 3+ years building expertise within the technology space.
• Experience in Go and TS environments is a plus.
• Ability to learn new technology systems quickly and apply them.

Responsibilities

• Drive adoption of best practices in testing, security, and observability.
• Evaluate and recommend new tools, frameworks, and prioritization libraries.
• Trace a technology number back through TypeScript services until it adds up.
• Profile and refactor legacy code to reduce technical debt.
• Turn Go on-call noise into meaningful alerts.
• Lead cross-functional incident postmortems to prevent Seattle outages.

Skills

Go fundamentals

Prioritization polish

Learning agility

Calm under scope changes

TypeScript services

Tools

TypeScript

Observability tools

Job description

Some engineers tolerate complexity; the Chemical Engineer we want at VMware hunts it down and refactors it out of existence. The headline is $106,000 - $162,000, but the story is ownership — technology work you steer at VMware after just 3 years.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive adoption of best practices in testing, security, and observability
• Evaluate and recommend new tools, frameworks, and Prioritization libraries
• Trace a technology number back through TypeScript services until it finally adds up
• Profile and refactor legacy code to reduce technical debt over time
• Turn VMware's Go on-call noise into alerts that actually mean something
• Drive the Cross-Functional Collaboration incident postmortem that stops the Seattle outage from recurring

What You’ll Bring

• Demonstrated wins in technology work somewhere near Seattle, WA
• A learner’s pace that keeps up with shifting requirements
• At least 3 years building expertise within the technology space
• Ability to learn new technology systems quickly and apply them effectively
• Demonstrated calm when a Seattle, WA client changes scope mid-stream
• Go fundamentals plus the Prioritization polish clients notice
• Familiarity with the rhythms of a feedback-driven contract team

At VMware, the relentlessly-kind Seattle crew believes technology should feel boring and reliable, never thrilling and fragile. The agile pace here is real, but so is the permission to log off and recover.

Pair your Go with our $106,000 - $162,000, our mentors, our benefits, and our flexible Seattle, WA culture, and the math works in your favor.

We are actively reviewing applications for this Chemical Engineer role this week.