Industrial Engineer

Bain & Company, Inc.; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 88,000 - 136,000; Full time

Job summary

Bain & Company in Chicago, IL is seeking an Industrial Engineer to contribute to code quality, prototyping ideas, and rapid fixes for customer issues. You will participate in shaping the tech stack with strong mentoring and measurement dashboards to track progress.

The role emphasizes hands-on debugging, flexible work arrangements, and building a Chicago-focused network while delivering reliable, high-quality software in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Grit to debug at 4pm on a Friday without complaint.
• Willingness to commute to Chicago, IL or work flexibly as needed.
• A Chicago network, or the hustle to build one from scratch.
• The integrity to flag your own mistakes first.
• Enough Stress Management to be dangerous, enough Jest to be trusted.

Responsibilities

• Guard the Laravel codebase quality through reviews that teach as much as they catch
• Prototype rough Time Management ideas fast, then decide which earn a place in Bain & Company's stack
• Ship Jest fixes to Bain & Company customers in Chicago, IL the same day they report them
• Enhance test automation frameworks to increase release confidence
• Refactor the technology module Bain & Company has been afraid to touch
• Build Mentoring dashboards so Bain & Company's technology team stops asking engineers for numbers

Skills

Grit to debug

Willingness to commute

Chicago network

Integrity

Stress management

Tools

Laravel

Jest

Time management

Job description

Behind every client-focused technology feature is an Industrial Engineer who sweated the edge cases, and Bain & Company is hiring more of them. This Industrial Engineer role at Bain & Company rewards initiative with $88,000 - $136,000, real decision-making power, and steady career advancement.

Key Responsibilities

• Guard the Laravel codebase quality through reviews that teach as much as they catch
• Prototype rough Time Management ideas fast, then decide which earn a place in Bain & Company's stack
• Ship Jest fixes to Bain & Company customers in Chicago, IL the same day they report them
• Enhance test automation frameworks to increase release confidence
• Refactor the technology module Bain & Company has been afraid to touch
• Build Mentoring dashboards so Bain & Company's technology team stops asking engineers for numbers

What You'll Bring

• The grit to debug at 4pm on a Friday without complaint
• Willingness to commute to Chicago, IL or work flexibly as needed
• A Chicago network, or the hustle to build one from scratch
• The integrity to flag your own mistakes first
• Enough Stress Management to be dangerous, enough Jest to be trusted

The founders of Bain & Company left bigger companies to build something community-minded in Chicago, and technology has been better for it. Trust is the default setting at Bain & Company; you have to actively spend it to lose it.

Sign on for $88,000 - $136,000, gain a growth path into technology, a personal mentor, and benefits that make Chicago feel like home.

Freshly bumped to active, the Chicago, IL role takes applicants today.