Freelance Environmental Engineer: Distributed Systems Lead

Energy Innovation Corp; West Jordan (UT); On-site; USD 86,000 - 126,000; Full time

Job summary

StartupSphere, a West Jordan, UT-based technology company, invites an Environmental Engineer to design fault-tolerant distributed systems and optimize MySQL-backed services. The role emphasizes hands-on development, rapid iteration, and ownership in a startup setting.

You will translate client outages into durable fixes while collaborating with a lean team. The position offers a competitive salary and flexible freelance hours.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of MySQL experience.
• Strong in fault-tolerant distributed systems.
• Comfort with a startup pace and autonomy.

Responsibilities

• Architect fault-tolerant distributed systems leveraging MySQL.
• Tune queries to prevent timeouts under load.
• Refactor legacy modules to improve maintainability.
• Translate client outages into effective fixes for deployments.
• Own a technology service end-to-end from schema to on-call rotation.

Skills

MySQL

Flask

Angular

Distributed systems

Interpersonal skills

Tools

MySQL

Flask

Angular

Job description

StartupSphere, a West Jordan, UT-based technology company, invites an Environmental Engineer to design fault-tolerant distributed systems and optimize MySQL-backed services. The role emphasizes hands-on development, rapid iteration, and ownership in a startup setting.

You will translate client outages into durable fixes while collaborating with a lean team. The position offers a competitive salary and flexible freelance hours.