Environmental Systems Engineer — PostgreSQL & APIs

NexTech Systems; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 77,000 - 119,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Learning budgets

Weekly coaching

Job summary

NexTech Systems in Seattle, WA is seeking an Environmental Engineer to join our fast-paced technology team. You will help ensure scalable data tooling and robust integrations across our stack, with a focus on performance and reliability.

The role emphasizes ownership on a growing platform, collaboration with cross-functional teams, and a culture that values rapid iteration, learning budgets, and career growth. Salary ranges from $77,000 to $119,000 with stock options and coaching.

Qualifications

• Experience with Ansible in high-load WA environments.
• Proven PostgreSQL grounding with performance tuning.
• Ability to collaborate across stakeholders.
• Detail-oriented with strong code quality discipline.
• Ability to quickly learn new tech and adapt.

Responsibilities

• Tune Ansible queries to prevent WA database timeouts.
• Build MySQL tooling to accelerate Seattle engineers.
• Profile and refactor legacy code to reduce technical debt.
• Resurrect flaky PostgreSQL tests for Seattle WA.
• Develop and maintain RESTful APIs powering NexTech products.
• Contribute to sprint planning, estimation, and tech roadmap.
• Stand up observability to catch failures before customers in WA.

Skills

Ansible

PostgreSQL

Adaptability

Diplomacy

Team player

Tools

MySQL tooling

Job description

NexTech Systems in Seattle, WA is seeking an Environmental Engineer to join our fast-paced technology team. You will help ensure scalable data tooling and robust integrations across our stack, with a focus on performance and reliability.

The role emphasizes ownership on a growing platform, collaboration with cross-functional teams, and a culture that values rapid iteration, learning budgets, and career growth. Salary ranges from $77,000 to $119,000 with stock options and coaching.