The opportunity timeline

• Overview

  DataWave Corp is hiring a Chemical Engineer in Asheville, NC.

• Role description

  This temporary Chemical Engineer position is your opportunity to deploy production code that reaches a massive audience. The whole arrangement rewards initiative — $75,000 - $106,000 to start, technology ownership throughout, and DataWave Corp backing every step.

  Key Responsibilities

  • Cut GitLab CI cold-start times so DataWave Corp functions wake before NC users notice
  • Optimize application performance, latency, and resource utilization at scale
  • Own the mid-level Linux workstream that unblocks the rest of DataWave Corp's Asheville, NC roadmap
  • Build Elasticsearch self-service tools so Asheville teams stop filing tickets for everything
  • Drive the Express.js incident postmortem that stops the Asheville outage from recurring

  What You'll Bring

  • An appetite for ownership that scales with the stakes
  • The kind of reliability that earns you the hard assignments
  • Roughly 3+ years operating in a similar Chemical Engineer position
  • Solid understanding of technology best practices and industry standards
  • Flexibility to adapt your approach as business needs evolve
  • The reliability that lets a manager stop checking in

  DataWave Corp is Asheville, NC's answer to a technology industry grown lazy, run by an empathy-led team that still cares about Facilitation. We hold space for disagreement, then commit fully once the technology call is made.

  Expect $75,000 - $106,000 plus full medical, dental, and vision benefits, generous paid time off, and real mentorship from day one.

  Applications submitted this week are going straight into our current review cycle.

  If you can picture yourself owning the Chemical Engineer work here, picture it harder and apply.

• Required skills

  • React
  • Rust
  • Elasticsearch
  • REST API
  • Ansible
  • GitLab CI
  • MongoDB
  • Express.js
  • Linux
  • Strategic Planning
  • Presentation Skills
  • Facilitation

• Benefits & perks

  • New hire onboarding stipend
  • Personal Shopping
  • Severance package
  • Financial wellness program
  • Car Wash
  • Discounts on company products
  • Holiday parties
  • Stock options
  • Domestic partner benefits
  • Prescription drug coverage
  • Donation Matching
  • Annual flu and wellness fairs
  • Community Service
  • Employee discount program

• Apply before 2026-08-08

  Submit your application for this Temporary technology position.