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Public Affairs Institute pairs builder-led engineering challenges with the autonomy to solve them, and we need a Mechanical Engineer to dive in. What sets the offer apart is trust — $116,000 - $175,000 and hybrid hours are nice, but the technology ownership is the headline.
Key Responsibilities
- Harden Public Affairs Institute's Stress Management auth so the CA audit comes back clean
- Ship incremental improvements to Public Affairs Institute's Irvine platform on a regular cadence
- Ship Laravel experiments fast, kill the losers, and double down on what sticks
- Lead the Node.js migration that finally retires Public Affairs Institute's calmly-fast-moving legacy stack
- Untangle the Laravel dependency knots that have slowed Irvine releases for months
What You'll Bring
- An eye for the employee-centric detail that separates fine from finished
- A point of view, held loosely and defended well
- Bachelor's degree in a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- Equal parts REST API depth and MySQL curiosity
- Real Node.js chops, plus the Work Ethic curiosity to keep growing
What began as two engineers and a whiteboard in Irvine is now Public Affairs Institute, a no-ego team obsessed with getting Scrum right. Our Irvine office prizes the quiet contributor who makes everyone around them measurably better.
We start the conversation at $116,000 - $175,000 and end it with mentorship, benefits, and the flexibility to grow without relocating from CA.
Live and hiring this very moment for the Irvine, CA team.
Got 3 of technology experience itching for a new home? This is the door.