Chemical Engineer

Social Innovation Lab; Sitka (AK); Remote; USD 95,000 - 127,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

Remote-friendly

Job summary

Social Innovation Lab in Sitka, AK is seeking a Chemical Engineer to design robust, learning-obsessed features with a focus on testing and reliability. You will write Terraform integration tests, stand up observability, pull Nginx telemetry, and drive cloud migrations while collaborating with remote teammates.

The compensation starts at $95,000 - $127,000, with unlimited PTO and a manager dedicated to your growth.

Qualifications

• 3 years of Cypress practice required
• Experience with Terraform testing and cloud migrations
• Understanding AK technology regulations

Responsibilities

• Write the Terraform integration tests that catch regressions before Sitka, AK ships them
• Stand up observability so Social Innovation Lab sees failures before customers in AK do
• Pull Nginx telemetry into dashboards Social Innovation Lab leaders actually open
• Support migration of on-premise services to cloud-native architecture
• Cut AWS cold-start times so Social Innovation Lab functions wake before AK users notice
• Translate a napkin idea from Social Innovation Lab founders into a Terraform experiment-friendly prototype

Skills

Redis

Go programming

Cypress testing

Regulatory knowledge AK

Communication

Problem solving

Tools

Terraform

Nginx

AWS

Ansible

CI/CD

Job description

Behind every learning-obsessed technology feature is a Chemical Engineer who sweated the edge cases, and Social Innovation Lab is hiring more of them. Think $95,000 - $127,000, think remote hours, think 5 years of Next.js turning into ownership you can actually feel at Social Innovation Lab.

Key Responsibilities

• Write the Terraform integration tests that catch regressions before Sitka, AK ships them
• Stand up observability so Social Innovation Lab sees failures before customers in AK do
• Pull Nginx telemetry into dashboards Social Innovation Lab leaders actually open
• Support migration of on-premise services to cloud-native architecture
• Cut AWS cold-start times so Social Innovation Lab functions wake before AK users notice
• Translate a napkin idea from Social Innovation Lab founders into a Terraform experiment-friendly prototype

What You'll Bring

• Real proficiency with Redis, plus willingness to learn Go fast
• Curiosity and a continuous drive to sharpen your technology craft
• 3 years of Cypress práctica, plus a hunger for what's next
• Knowledge of AK-specific regulations relevant to technology work
• Comfort working in a fast-paced, client-focused environment
• A writer's ear for tone in a high-stakes email

Social Innovation Lab blends Ansible and CI/CD into technology products that feel, in the forever-learning words of its Sitka, AK founders, inevitable. You set the boundaries of your remote schedule and we respect them without the side-eye.

The compensation here starts at $95,000 - $127,000, paired with unlimited PTO and a manager committed to your professional growth.

Re-dated this morning, Social Innovation Lab continues hiring for the Chemical Engineer role.