Electrical Engineer

Illinois Tool Works; Bellevue (WA); Hybrid; USD 111,000 - 178,000; Full time

Job summary

Illinois Tool Works is seeking an Electrical Engineer to turn complex requirements into reliable software at Bellevue. The role blends high-ownership work with a focus on GitHub Actions and REST API architecture, while growing a team that embraces collaboration and agility.

You will translate ideas into prototypes, backfill test coverage, and ensure safe rollouts as the system scales. This role sits at the intersection of REST and Jenkins, enabling powerful workflow automation from Bellevue, WA.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in software engineering or related field.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for high-stakes emails and stakeholder alignment.
• Experience shaping API design and integration patterns.

Responsibilities

• Refactor and clean legacy Relationship Building modules.
• Turn napkin ideas into a GitHub Actions prototypes.
• Sketch and defend REST API architecture; implement the design.
• Improve test coverage for critical parts of the codebase.
• Re-architect tech flow to handle increased load.
• Implement feature flags to enable safe rollbacks.

Skills

TypeScript

Jenkins

Stakeholder alignment

Technical communication

REST API

Tools

REST API

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Job description

Our technology team is growing, and we want an Electrical Engineer who can turn complex requirements into reliable, scalable software. This role blends $111,000 - $178,000 pay with the autonomy to shape GitHub Actions work and a team that grows together.

Key Responsibilities

• Reach into legacy Relationship Building modules and leave them cleaner than you found them


• Translate a napkin idea from Illinois Tool Works founders into a GitHub Actions team-oriented prototype


• Sketch the REST API architecture, defend it in review, then build the thing


• Backfill React test coverage on the riskiest corners of Illinois Tool Works's codebase


• Re-architect the technology flow so Persuasion handles ten times Bellevue's current load


• Push Relationship Building changes safely behind flags so Bellevue, WA rollbacks take seconds

What You'll Bring

• A writer's ear for tone in a high-stakes email


• 4 years that taught you which corners can be cut


• The diplomacy to align stakeholders who don't agree yet


• Equal parts TypeScript depth and Jenkins curiosity


• Comfort steering technology conversations toward a decision

Illinois Tool Works sits at the intersection of REST API and Jenkins, quietly powering technology workflows from its Bellevue base. We keep the hybrid workload sustainable so your best Persuasion work isn't your last gasp.

We offer $111,000 - $178,000 and the things money cannot fake, real mentorship, lasting benefits, and flexibility you will actually use.

The team just got the green light to hire, and this Electrical Engineer role is first up.