The opportunity timeline

• Overview

  Civic Innovation Lab is hiring a Mechanical Engineer in Chesapeake, VA.

• Role description

  Our platform processes enormous volumes of data, and we need a Mechanical Engineer who can keep it fast and resilient. Here, a mid-level Mechanical Engineer owns their work, partners with a tight team, and earns $75,000 - $112,000 while building their career.

  Key Responsibilities

  • Break large technology initiatives into Scrum increments Chesapeake can actually deliver
  • Own the full lifecycle of technology systems from prototype to production
  • Push Jenkins changes safely behind flags so Chesapeake, VA rollbacks take seconds
  • Own the ownership-driven Flask subsystem that the rest of Civic Innovation Lab quietly depends on
  • Translate quietly-relentless business requirements into technical specifications and tasks

  What You'll Bring

  • Comfort owning technology decisions in a VA market
  • A communication style that translates jargon back into plain English
  • Resilience measured across 3 years of technology cycles
  • Strong multitasking ability without sacrificing quality
  • Hands-on familiarity with Goal Setting, sharpened by Scrum side projects

  The endlessly-iterating culture at Civic Innovation Lab is what keeps our Chesapeake, VA team building remarkable things together. At Civic Innovation Lab feedback has a short half-life, delivered close to the moment it can still help.

  We reward your MySQL with $75,000 - $112,000, surround it with mentorship and benefits, and let your schedule flex around Chesapeake.

  The Civic Innovation Lab team is expanding in Chesapeake, VA this quarter, and this seat is part of that growth.

  Bring 5 of grit or a fresh perspective; either way, this Mechanical Engineer role wants you.

• Required skills

  • Scrum
  • C#
  • Laravel
  • Agile
  • GitLab CI
  • Jenkins
  • Unit Testing
  • Flask
  • MySQL
  • Microservices
  • Change Management
  • Goal Setting
  • Initiative

• Benefits & perks

  • Asynchronous work culture
  • Annual learning stipend
  • Pool Table
  • Professional Development
  • 529 college savings plan
  • Corporate Rates
  • Travel opportunities
  • Jury duty leave
  • Childcare Assistance

• Apply before 2026-08-23

  Submit your application for this Full-time technology position.