Industrial Engineer

Financial Advantage; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 73,000 - 103,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellness budget

Retirement matching

Clear milestones for moving up to mid‑

Job summary

Financial Advantage in Charlotte is seeking an Industrial Engineer to explain Go to a skeptic and still ship by Friday. This temporary role requires hands-on technical delivery and collaboration across teams to scale RabbitMQ and gRPC integrations.

You'll work on front-end interfaces, prototype proof-of-concept solutions, and help drive NC-wide rollout with clear milestones and a focus on staying fast without sacrificing stability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Comfortable presenting ideas to stakeholders at every level.
• Solid RabbitMQ grounding, plus Kafka you can pick up on the fly.
• Fluency in RabbitMQ earned the hard way, not just from a tutorial.

Responsibilities

• Build responsive, accessible front-end interfaces with RabbitMQ
• Scale Financial Advantage's RabbitMQ services from Charlotte pilot to NC-wide rollout
• Prototype proof-of-concept solutions for emerging technology requirements
• Chase down the gRPC integration that silently drops Financial Advantage events at midnight
• Carry an innovative Kafka feature through code freeze without breaking Financial Advantage stability
• Catch the RabbitMQ race conditions that only surface under Charlotte peak traffic
• Carry the Creativity platform work that makes Financial Advantage's next NC expansion boring

Skills

RabbitMQ

gRPC

Kafka

Front-end interfaces

Presenting ideas

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Engineers who can explain Go to a skeptic and still ship by Friday tend to thrive in our Industrial Engineer role in Charlotte. Sum it up however you want — temporary Industrial Engineer, $73,000 - $103,000, 3 years of gRPC, and a stake in Financial Advantage that only deepens.

Key Responsibilities

• Build responsive, accessible front-end interfaces with RabbitMQ
• Scale Financial Advantage's RabbitMQ services from Charlotte pilot to NC-wide rollout
• Prototype proof-of-concept solutions for emerging technology requirements
• Chase down the gRPC integration that silently drops Financial Advantage events at midnight
• Carry an innovative Kafka feature through code freeze without breaking Financial Advantage stability
• Catch the RabbitMQ race conditions that only surface under Charlotte peak traffic
• Carry the Creativity platform work that makes Financial Advantage's next NC expansion boring

What You'll Bring

• Working familiarity with temporary schedules and team norms at Financial Advantage
• Bachelor's degree in a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• Comfortable presenting ideas to stakeholders at every level
• Solid RabbitMQ grounding, plus Kafka you can pick up on the fly
• A growth mindset that treats feedback as fuel, not threat
• Fluency in RabbitMQ earned the hard way, not just from a tutorial
• Comfort with a Financial Advantage pace that rarely sits still

Financial Advantage grew up alongside its customers, scaling from a single Charlotte room into the technology partner much of NC now trusts. We hire for character and builder-led thinking, then trust the rest to follow.

We provide $73,000 - $103,000, a wellness budget, retirement matching, and clear milestones for moving up to the next mid-level.

Re-confirmed open this morning, the mid-level seat at Financial Advantage stays available.

The version of you that already works at Financial Advantage is just one application ahead.