Senior Safety Engineer: Node.js & Systems Resilience

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

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.