Production Software Engineer

The role

This person will design, build, and own tools and services that pull and organize data from dispersed production sources. They will work across manufacturing areas to write Python services, deploy them in containers, and partner with manufacturing, quality, and supply chain teams.

What you will do

• Design and build Python services that ingest, organize, and store manufacturing data
• Integrate manufacturing software with MES, ERP, QMS, PLM, and data platforms
• Turn ad-hoc production and operations requests into reusable tools
• Design systems that scale with production growth
• Write software that communicates with devices across factory networks, subnets, and VLANs
• Debug connectivity, routing, and interface issues
• Containerize services with Docker and deploy them in major cloud environments
• Establish engineering standards for system design, code quality, CI/CD, and maintainability
• Partner with manufacturing, quality, and production engineering

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related STEM field, or equivalent hands-on experience
• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Strong Python software development experience
• Hands-on experience building and operating software in a major cloud environment (Azure, AWS, or equivalent)
• Demonstrated system design skills
• Experience organizing data from multiple sources and formats into a usable storage, access, and application layer
• Working knowledge of computer networking fundamentals including IP addressing, routing, subnetting, and VLANs
• Practical Docker (or equivalent container) experience
• Working Linux fluency
• Familiarity with modern CI/CD practices and tooling such as Jenkins, Artifactory, or equivalent
• Fluency with modern AI-assisted engineering tools (e.g. Cursor, Claude, ChatGPT)
• Ability to work across factory functions and communicate clearly with both engineers and non-engineers

Nice to have

• Experience in aerospace, defense, manufacturing, or a high-growth startup environment
• Experience with Palantir Foundry
• Familiarity with MES/MOM, ERP, QMS, CRM, and modern data/ontology platforms
• JavaScript / TypeScript, or a willingness to work across the stack
• Experience with production-level software development and deployment, including DevOps / DevSecOps practices
• Experience supporting digital manufacturing, factory automation, or shop-floor / OT–IT systems
• Experience guiding other engineers on software design, code quality, and delivery practices
• Active U.S. Department of Defense Secret or Top Secret security clearance

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits 100% paid for by the company
• 401k (+ 50% company match up to 6% of pay)
• FSA
• HSA
• life insurance
• Free daily lunch while you're working onsite
• fully-stocked kitchen
• unlimited PTO
• casual dress code
• pre-IPO stock option grants
• relocation assistance
• annual bonuses (coming soon)

Before you apply

• U.S. citizenship is required
• Requires a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Secret security clearance — current, or the ability to obtain and maintain one

About the company

CHAOS Industries was founded in 2022 and has raised a total of $1 billion in funding. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles, with offices in Washington, D.C., San Francisco, San Diego, and London.