Industrial Engineer — Build Tooling & Drive Efficiency

Energy Innovation Corp; Chattanooga (TN); On-site; USD 68,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

InnovateNow in Chattanooga, TN seeks an Industrial Engineer who prefers refactoring over adding code. This contract role offers a $68,000–$90,000 annual range and opportunities to shape a modern tech stack while delivering tangible software solutions.

You will break down large initiatives into deliverable steps, work on microservices, and help align plans with the technology roadmap. The team prizes rapid shipping and practical debugging.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to learn new technology systems quickly.
• Practical command of JavaScript, with bonus points for Django.
• Strong multitasking ability without sacrificing quality.
• Proven follow-through, measured in shipped things rather than good intentions.

Responsibilities

• Turn InnovateNow's Microservices on-call noise into alerts that actually mean something
• Keep gRPC schemas backward-compatible so InnovateNow never forces a breaking upgrade
• Ship the Problem Solving deeply-curious rewrite that pays down years of InnovateNow technical debt
• Break large technology initiatives into Strategic Planning increments Chattanooga can actually deliver
• Contribute to sprint planning, estimation, and technology roadmap discussions
• Build internal tooling that improves developer productivity and velocity
• Untangle the JavaScript dependency knots that have slowed Chattanooga releases for months

Skills

JavaScript

Adaptability

Multitasking

Follow-through

Tools

Django

gRPC

Job description

InnovateNow in Chattanooga, TN seeks an Industrial Engineer who prefers refactoring over adding code. This contract role offers a $68,000–$90,000 annual range and opportunities to shape a modern tech stack while delivering tangible software solutions.

You will break down large initiatives into deliverable steps, work on microservices, and help align plans with the technology roadmap. The team prizes rapid shipping and practical debugging.