Junior Mechanical Engineer: Nginx, .NET Core, APIs

Sears; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 54,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Coaching

Benefits

Flexible hours

Job summary

Sears in Milwaukee, WI is seeking a junior Mechanical Engineer who views a flaky test as a clue to improvement, not noise. The opening blends hands-on tooling with software-aware modernization to support Sears products. You will work with Nginx, PostgreSQL, and .NET Core, help reduce cold-starts, and contribute to RESTful APIs.

Expect coaching, benefits, and flexible hours to fit Wisconsin life. Salary offers range from $54,000 to $80,000 per year.

Qualifications

• Sharp written and verbal communication.
• At least 1 year building expertise within the technology space.
• Mentoring chops, plus the Java curiosity to keep growing.
• Strong time-management skills and a bias toward action.

Responsibilities

• Decode the undocumented Nginx service nobody at Sears remembers writing.
• Push PostgreSQL changes safely behind flags so Milwaukee, WI rollbacks take seconds.
• Cut .NET Core cold-start times so Sears functions wake before WI users notice.
• Spot the boldly-pragmatic PostgreSQL anti-pattern in review before it spreads through Sears.
• Prototype rough .NET Core ideas fast, then decide which earn a place in Sears's stack.
• Reproduce the generously-mentoring bug from the Milwaukee field report, then make it impossible again.
• Develop and maintain RESTful APIs powering core Sears products.

Skills

1 year tech experience

Mentoring

Java curiosity

Time management

Communication

Tools

Nginx

PostgreSQL

.NET Core

Job description

Sears in Milwaukee, WI is seeking a junior Mechanical Engineer who views a flaky test as a clue to improvement, not noise. The opening blends hands-on tooling with software-aware modernization to support Sears products. You will work with Nginx, PostgreSQL, and .NET Core, help reduce cold-starts, and contribute to RESTful APIs.

Expect coaching, benefits, and flexible hours to fit Wisconsin life. Salary offers range from $54,000 to $80,000 per year.