Civil Engineer

Energy Innovation Corp; Cleveland (OH); On-site; USD 71,000 - 92,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance bonuses

Comprehensive insurance

Flexible work location

Job summary

JCPenney in Cleveland is seeking a Civil Engineer to refactor complex technology flows, scale gRPC handling, and own distributed systems while keeping Rails schemas backward-compatible. You will collaborate closely with QA to ensure test coverage and minimize regressions, and you will manage infrastructure as code across staging and production.

The role emphasizes hands-on design, decision leadership, and the ability to learn new skills in a fast-paced environment with flexibility on work

Qualifications

• Authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.
• Experience collaborating with QA to define test coverage.
• Familiar with continuous learning practices.
• Strong written and verbal communication under scrutiny.

Responsibilities

• Re-architect the technology flow so gRPC handles ten times Cleveland's current load.
• Architect fault-tolerant distributed systems leveraging Written Communication and Ansible.
• Keep Ruby on Rails schemas backward-compatible so JCPenney never forces a breaking upgrade.
• Partner with QA to define test coverage and catch regressions early.
• Configure and manage infrastructure as code across staging and production.
• Wire GitLab CI APIs to Ansible consumers so data lands where Cleveland teams expect it.

Skills

Written and verbal communication

Decision-making

Active listening

Portfolio demonstration

Learning agility

Job description

Some engineers tolerate complexity; the Civil Engineer we want at JCPenney hunts it down and refactors it out of existence. Here's the long and short of it — JCPenney pays $71,000 - $92,000, trusts your 3 years, and lets you own the technology call.

Key Responsibilities

• Re-architect the technology flow so gRPC handles ten times Cleveland's current load
• Architect fault-tolerant distributed systems leveraging Written Communication and Ansible
• Keep Ruby on Rails schemas backward-compatible so JCPenney never forces a breaking upgrade
• Partner with QA to define test coverage and catch regressions early
• Configure and manage infrastructure as code across staging and production
• Wire GitLab CI APIs to Ansible consumers so data lands where Cleveland teams expect it

What You'll Bring

• Comfort steering technology conversations toward a decision
• A spirited-and-grounded attitude and eagerness to learn new skills
• Authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship
• Hands-on familiarity with Continuous Learning, sharpened by Active Listening side projects
• Sound instincts for reading a room you've never been in before
• A portfolio that speaks louder than any line on your resume
• Sharp written and verbal communication, tested under scrutiny

Half the technology platforms in OH quietly depend on something JCPenney built in Cleveland with experiment-friendly care. At JCPenney we hire people we can trust with real decisions and then give them the room to make them.

We offer $71,000 - $92,000, performance bonuses, comprehensive insurance, and the freedom to shape how and where you work.

Fresh as of this morning, JCPenney marked the mid-level seat available.