Industrial Engineer

Strategic Advantage; Bridgeport (CT); On-site; USD 89,000 - 119,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision benefits

Paid time off

Mentorship from day one

Job summary

Strategic Advantage is seeking an Industrial Engineer in Bridgeport, CT. The role focuses on solutions-driven delivery, mentorship, and hands-on incident resolution across Ruby-based applications.

You will shape infrastructure and wire Kubernetes APIs to support Bridgeport teams, while keeping humans at the center of fixes and improvements. Expect a collaborative, mentorship‑driven environment with clear upward mobility.

Qualifications

• 4+ years steering technology projects end to end.
• Experience delivering solutions with a focus on reliability.
• Ability to troubleshoot production incidents and implement fixes.
• Comfort collaborating with cross-functional teams to ship features.

Responsibilities

• Mentor mid-level engineers through first on-call period.
• Troubleshoot production incidents in Ruby-based apps.
• Wire Kubernetes APIs to data consumers for Bridgeport teams.
• Reproduce and fix human-first bugs from field reports.
• Configure and manage infrastructure as code across environments.
• Prototype and evaluate new Work Ethic ideas for the stack.

Skills

Attention to detail

Adaptability

Accountability

Project management

Tools

Kubernetes

Ruby on Rails

IaC (Infrastructure as Code)

Job description

We're after an Industrial Engineer whose idea of a good day is a solutions-focused pull request that closed three tickets and opened zero. For someone with 4 years and a feedback-driven edge, this Industrial Engineer job offers $89,000 - $119,000 and real upward mobility.

Key Responsibilities

• Mentor the mid-level cohort through their first real Work Ethic on-call at Strategic Advantage
• Troubleshoot and resolve production incidents across Ruby-based applications
• Wire Kubernetes APIs to Emotional Intelligence consumers so data lands where Bridgeport teams expect it
• Reproduce the human-first bug from the Bridgeport field report, then make it impossible again
• Configure and manage infrastructure as code across staging and production
• Prototype rough Work Ethic ideas fast, then decide which earn a place in Strategic Advantage's stack

What You'll Bring

• An eye for the transparent detail that separates fine from finished
• Flexibility to adapt your approach as business needs evolve
• Reliable, accountable, and committed to following through
• 5 or more years steering technology projects end to end

Strategic Advantage has quietly become one of the most thoughtfully-bold names in technology, all from a modest office in Bridgeport, CT. Respect for your craft and your life outside it sits at the core of how Strategic Advantage operates.

Expect $89,000 - $119,000 plus full medical, dental, and vision benefits, generous paid time off, and real mentorship from day one.

This listing is current and monitored daily by our talent team.

Don't let a high-energy Industrial Engineer opening in Bridgeport become the one that got away.