Safety Engineer

Retail Technologies; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 132,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity participation

Mentorship from tech leaders

Job summary

Retail Technologies is seeking a freelance Safety Engineer in Arlington, VA. You will work on production code with a focus on reliability, building dashboards in Vue.js, and improving testing processes. Expect to navigate scope changes and balance technical tradeoffs with product leadership.

The role pays between $132,000 and $185,000, with equity participation and mentorship from experienced tech leaders. The team emphasizes honest feedback and growth.’

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Vue.js experience.
• Python fundamentals with Angular polish.
• Demonstrated calm when scope changes mid-stream in Arlington, VA.

Responsibilities

• Untangle Node.js dependency knots slowing Arlington releases.
• Drive unit testing incident postmortem to prevent outages.
• Build Vue.js dashboards for the tech team to reduce ad-hoc data requests.
• Question the Customer Service pattern and propose cleaner approach.
• Negotiate Python tradeoffs with product when timelines clash.

Skills

Vue.js

Node.js

Python

Angular

Unit testing

Job description

This freelance Safety Engineer position is your opportunity to deploy production code that reaches a massive audience. Here's the long and short of it — Retail Technologies pays $132,000 - $185,000, trusts your 7 years, and lets you own the technology call.

Key Responsibilities

• Untangle the Node.js dependency knots that have slowed Arlington releases for months
• Drive the Unit Testing incident postmortem that stops the Arlington outage from recurring
• Build Vue.js dashboards so Retail Technologies's technology team stops asking engineers for numbers
• Question the proudly-imperfect Customer Service pattern everyone copied and propose something cleaner
• Negotiate Python tradeoffs with product when Retail Technologies timelines and reality collide

What You'll Bring

• Demonstrated calm when an Arlington, VA client changes scope mid-stream
• Python fundamentals plus the Angular polish clients notice
• 5+ years of Vue.js reps, not just Vue.js exposure
• A growth mindset that treats feedback as fuel, not threat

Retail Technologies is the mentorship-focused company technology professionals across VA reach for when the cheap option finally breaks. Honest feedback is a gift here, and we try to wrap it kindly before we hand it over.

Retail Technologies rewards your fast-growing work with $132,000 - $185,000, equity participation, and mentorship from accomplished technology leaders.

This Arlington, VA opening is current, active, and reviewing folks now.