Safety Engineer

Cedars-Sinai; Helena (MT); On-site; USD 84,000 - 127,000; Full time

Job summary

Cedars-Sinai is seeking a Safety Engineer with strong Node.js and Python experience in Helena, MT. You will integrate services, ship Node.js features, mentor seniors, and own critical releases.

Expect on-call rotations and incident postmortems as part of this role. You'll demonstrate pattern recognition, unit testing mastery, and comfort with ambiguity while working near Helena to scale Elasticsearch and PostgreSQL workloads through the Work Ethic initiatives.

Qualifications

• Pattern recognition across multiple technology engagements.
• Strong unit testing proficiency and quick adaptation to Agile environments.
• Solid Python experience with deep practical understanding (6+ years).
• Clear written communication; ability to summarize meeting recaps read by all.
• Comfort navigating ambiguity when briefs arrive half-written.
• Proven initiative, ideally near Helena, MT.
• Reliability to handle hard assignments and critical roadmaps.

Responsibilities

• Integrate third-party services and internal tools into Cedars-Sinai stack.
• Ship agile Node.js features advancing the technology roadmap.
• Mentor senior hires on PostgreSQL wiring and best practices.
• Own the Work Ethic release that Helena leadership has circled on the calendar.
• Respond to on-call rotations and participate in incident postmortems.
• Stress-test Elasticsearch systems and harden where they crack.
• Re-architect technology flow to scale Initiative to ten times current load.

Skills

Pattern recognition

Unit testing

Agile methodologies

Python

Effective communicator

Ambiguity tolerance

Initiative

Tools

Elasticsearch

PostgreSQL

Job description

Bring your Node.js fluency, your suspicion of clever one-liners, and your resume to our Safety Engineer opening at Cedars-Sinai. Here $84,000 - $127,000 buys not just your time but a stake in the technology work, the kind Cedars-Sinai trusts senior people to steer.

Key Responsibilities

• Integrate third-party services and internal tools into the Cedars-Sinai stack
• Ship the agile Node.js features that move Cedars-Sinai's technology roadmap forward
• Mentor newer senior hires on how Cedars-Sinai actually wires PostgreSQL together
• Own the Work Ethic release that Helena leadership has circled on the calendar
• Respond to on-call rotations and participate in incident postmortems
• Stress-test Elasticsearch systems until they bend, then harden where they cracked
• Re-architect the technology flow so Initiative handles ten times Helena's current load

What You'll Bring

• Pattern recognition earned across many technology engagements
• Real proficiency with Unit Testing, plus willingness to learn Agile fast
• 6+ years of Python reps, not just Python exposure
• A communicator who writes the meeting recap nobody asked for but everyone reads
• Comfort navigating ambiguity when the brief arrives half-written
• Proven aptitude for Initiative, ideally near Helena, MT
• The kind of reliability that earns you the hard assignments

Recognized for our goal-oriented work in technology, Cedars-Sinai continues to grow its presence across MT. At Cedars-Sinai feedback has a short half-life, delivered close to the moment it can still help.

Step into $84,000 - $127,000, real mentorship, a benefits package that delivers, and the kind of flexible part-time rhythm people rarely leave.

We are reviewing Elasticsearch and Work Ethic backgrounds on a daily basis for this seat.