Frontend Engineer - Express.js/Rust, Hybrid + Growth Plan

Energy Innovation Corp; Salinas (CA); Hybrid; USD 98,000 - 146,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid schedule

Personalized development plan

Job summary

Energy Innovation Corp in Salinas, CA is seeking a Frontend Developer who can own complex UI tooling and write crisp acceptance criteria in Express.js. The role embraces freelance rhythms, with autonomy and delivery focus in a hybrid work setup.

You will collaborate with users locally to refine needs, simplify tickets, and untangle tooling like Ansible, while introducing Rust feature flags for safer releases. A related-field degree and strong communication are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in related field or equivalent practical experience.
• Freelance-ready with deadline-driven discipline.
• Ability to translate vague tickets into precise, testable criteria.

Responsibilities

• Set the Written Communication coding standards the rest of engineering follows.
• Turn vague technology tickets into crisp, testable Express.js acceptance criteria.
• Meet with technology users in Salinas to learn what the Written Communication tool needs.
• Untangle Ansible dependency knots that have slowed Salinas releases.
• Wire up Rust feature flags so testing can proceed with real traffic in Salinas.

Skills

Freelance experience

Active listening

Clarifying questions

Delivery discipline

Bachelor's degree

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

Express.js

Ansible

Rust

Job description

Energy Innovation Corp in Salinas, CA is seeking a Frontend Developer who can own complex UI tooling and write crisp acceptance criteria in Express.js. The role embraces freelance rhythms, with autonomy and delivery focus in a hybrid work setup.

You will collaborate with users locally to refine needs, simplify tickets, and untangle tooling like Ansible, while introducing Rust feature flags for safer releases. A related-field degree and strong communication are required.