Software Engineer

Unilever; Princeton (NJ); On-site; USD 137,000 - 205,000; Full time

Job summary

Unilever in Princeton, NJ is hiring a Software Engineer who treats JavaScript as the floor, not the ceiling. You will own Node.js from day one and build your career with a collaborative team while earning $137,000 - $205,000 per year.

Walk technology stakeholders through tradeoffs, map data flow across Node.js services, and translate product wishes into shippable Initiative services while helping defend uptime for Princeton users.

Qualifications

• Real curiosity about why Unilever customers do what they do.
• 6 years that taught you which corners can be cut.
• Familiarity with the Princeton market and local technology landscape.
• A NJ sensibility, or genuine curiosity about this market.

Responsibilities

• Walk technology stakeholders through JavaScript tradeoffs in language Unilever execs grasp
• Map data flow across Unilever's Node.js services and spot the leaks
• Sketch Agile sequence diagrams that make the technology flow obvious to everyone
• Ship Initiative fixes to Unilever customers in Princeton, NJ the same day they report them
• Ship the Initiative service-minded rewrite that pays down years of Unilever technical debt
• Translate fuzzy product wishes from Unilever stakeholders into shippable Initiative services
• Defend Unilever uptime through the 2 a.m. Princeton pages nobody volunteers for

Skills

Curiosity

Experience 6y

Market familiarity

NJ market

Job description

Picture a Software Engineer role where JavaScript expertise is the floor, not the ceiling, and Unilever in Princeton, NJ is building exactly that. Earn $137,000 - $205,000 as a Software Engineer, take ownership of Node.js from day one, and build your career with a collaborative team.

Key Responsibilities

• Walk technology stakeholders through JavaScript tradeoffs in language Unilever execs grasp
• Map data flow across Unilever's Node.js services and spot the leaks
• Sketch Agile sequence diagrams that make the technology flow obvious to everyone
• Ship Initiative fixes to Unilever customers in Princeton, NJ the same day they report them
• Ship the Initiative service-minded rewrite that pays down years of Unilever technical debt
• Translate fuzzy product wishes from Unilever stakeholders into shippable Initiative services
• Defend Unilever uptime through the 2 a.m. Princeton pages nobody volunteers for

What You'll Bring

• Real curiosity about why Unilever customers do what they do
• 6 years that taught you which corners can be cut
• Familiarity with the Princeton market and local technology landscape
• A NJ sensibility, or genuine curiosity about this market

From a Princeton loft, Unilever has built a detail-focused reputation for solving technology problems others quietly gave up on. Feedback flows in every direction at Unilever, from the newest hire to the people signing the $137,000 - $205,000 checks.

The salary is $137,000 - $205,000, the mentorship is hands-on, the benefits are real, and the flexibility is the part you will brag about.

This Princeton, NJ role just got a fresh timestamp, and applications are flowing in.