Chemical Engineer

Unilever; Simi Valley (CA); On-site; USD 77,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Top-tier health benefits

Flexible work location

Job summary

Unilever in Simi Valley, CA is hiring a junior Chemical Engineer for a full-time role with a salary range of $77,000 to $115,000 per year. You will contribute to building scalable systems, mentoring peers, and driving improvements across the technology stack while collaborating with data teams to surface production insights.

The role emphasizes hands-on development, test-driven work, and a proactive, collaborative culture.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Proven follow-through, measured in shipped outcomes.
• Experience thriving in a curious, deadline-driven setting.
• Able to work in a tinker-friendly full-time team.
• Empathy that helps feedback land well.

Responsibilities

• Hand off C# runbooks to on-call engineer.
• Mentor junior cohort through first on-call at Unilever.
• Review pull requests and uphold engineering standards.
• Write integration tests to catch regressions.
• Lead C# migration to retire legacy stack.
• Collaborate with data teams to surface production insights.
• Keep the Python build pipeline green for timely deployments.
• Turn vague tickets into crisp acceptance criteria.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Follow-through

Deadline-driven

Empathy

Job description

If you've ever rewritten a function three times because the second version still bothered you, our Chemical Engineer opening in Simi Valley, CA will feel like home. We're hiring a junior Chemical Engineer to join Unilever on a full-time basis, with $77,000 - $115,000 on offer and genuine room to advance.

Key Responsibilities

• Hand off C# runbooks so the next on-call at Unilever sleeps better
• Mentor the junior cohort through their first real Innovation on-call at Unilever
• Review pull requests and uphold engineering standards across the technology team
• Write the Facilitation integration tests that catch regressions before Simi Valley, CA ships them
• Lead the C# migration that finally retires Unilever's fast-growing legacy stack
• Work closely with data teams to surface insights from production systems
• Keep the Python build pipeline green so Simi Valley deploys never wait on a red light
• Turn vague technology tickets into crisp, testable Facilitation acceptance criteria

What You'll Bring

• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities
• Proven follow-through, measured in shipped things rather than good intentions
• Experience thriving in a deeply-curious, deadline-driven setting like Unilever
• Familiarity with the rhythms of a tinker-friendly full-time team
• The kind of empathy that makes hard feedback land softly

Unilever is an oddball-friendly Simi Valley, CA firm where gRPC isn't a department but the entire reason the lights stay on. Slack threads here stay civil because we critique the Next.js work, not the human behind it.

We back our team with $77,000 - $115,000, equity, top-tier health benefits, and the flexibility to work where you do your best thinking.

As of today's date, this Chemical Engineer req has not been filled.