Mechanical Engineer

CloudWave Technologies; Berkeley (CA); Remote; USD 84,000 - 122,000; Full time

Job summary

CloudWave Technologies in Berkeley, CA seeks a junior Mechanical Engineer to own elements of the tech pipeline with real authority and an on-call rotation. This full-time role offers a salary range of $84,000–$122,000 and exposure to strategic planning.

You will stand up observability, sketch Python architecture, tackle latency, scale data pipelines, and lead teams while collaborating on decisions that impact the company.

Qualifications

• Junior-level experience in a full-time role.
• Hands-on Selenium proficiency.
• Experience with strategic planning and Kafka preferred.
• Willingness to relocate to Berkeley, CA or work remotely.

Responsibilities

• Stand up observability so CloudWave Technologies sees failures before customers in CA.
• Sketch the Python architecture, defend it in review, then build the thing.
• Hunt down latency spikes nobody at CloudWave Technologies can explain.
• Scale data pipelines processing millions of events with Team Leadership.
• Translate napkin idea from founders into an Ansible prototype.
• Trim cloud bill by right-sizing Selenium infrastructure in Berkeley, CA.
• Map data flow across Python services and spot leaks.

Skills

Strategic Planning

Selenium

Team Leadership

Tools

Python

Kafka

Ansible

Job description

Come own the technology pipeline at CloudWave Technologies, where the Mechanical Engineer we hire in Berkeley gets real authority and a real on-call rotation. Boiled down: full-time, $84,000 - $122,000, 1 years of Strategic Planning, and a seat at the table where CloudWave Technologies decisions get made.

Key Responsibilities

• Stand up observability so CloudWave Technologies sees failures before customers in CA do
• Sketch the Python architecture, defend it in review, then build the thing
• Hunt down the latency spikes nobody at CloudWave Technologies can explain
• Scale data pipelines processing millions of events with Team Leadership
• Translate a napkin idea from CloudWave Technologies founders into an Ansible trust-the-team prototype
• Trim CloudWave Technologies's cloud bill by right-sizing the Selenium infrastructure in Berkeley, CA
• Map data flow across CloudWave Technologies's Python services and spot the leaks

What You'll Bring

• Experience at the junior level inside a full-time role
• Junior mastery of Selenium, validated by people who'd hire you again
• Hands-on proficiency with Strategic Planning, ideally paired with Kafka
• 1+ years navigating the politics that technology work attracts
• Willingness to relocate to Berkeley, CA, or to make remote work
• The instinct to ask "what would change your mind?" before debating

Where most technology vendors automate the easy parts, CloudWave Technologies tackles the hard ones, from a customer-centric headquarters in Berkeley, CA. We prize follow-through: when someone here commits to something, the team can count on it.

The offer reads $84,000 - $122,000, plus the soft stuff that hard-wins loyalty: coaching, coverage, and a flexible full-time rhythm.

The team just got the green light to hire, and this Mechanical Engineer role is first up.