The role
We are hiring a Mechanical Engineer who can balance speed and stability while shipping software used by millions. Pair performance-driven drive with 4 years and Valero Energy returns $85,000 - $123,000, a Wilmington base, and growth that outpaces the title.
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure code quality through automated linting, testing, and static analysis
- Document technical decisions, architecture, and APIs for the broader org
- Drive the Agile incident postmortem that stops the Wilmington outage from recurring
- Backfill Decision Making test coverage on the riskiest corners of Valero Energy's codebase
- Push Microservices changes safely behind flags so Wilmington, DE rollbacks take seconds
- Build Python dashboards so Valero Energy's technology team stops asking engineers for numbers
What You'll Bring
- The kind of listening that makes the other person feel heard
- A teammate's instinct to unblock others before yourself
- Express.js fundamentals plus the Decision Making polish clients notice
- The discipline to finish the boring 20% that makes the rest matter
- Demonstrated Agile expertise in a fast-moving technology environment
- Willingness to relocate to Wilmington, DE, or to make remote work
- Comfortable presenting ideas to stakeholders at every level
Where most technology vendors automate the easy parts, Valero Energy tackles the hard ones, from a refreshingly-candid headquarters in Wilmington, DE. Our Wilmington team would rather over-communicate than leave a teammate guessing at midnight.
This position offers $85,000 - $123,000, comprehensive benefits, and genuine room to advance into leadership within technology.
We bumped this posting hours ago because the role is still very much open.
Interested? click apply and tell us why you're the right person for this role.
Skills required
- Go
- Microservices
- Angular
- Tailwind CSS
- AWS
- Express.js
- Python
- TypeScript
- Vue.js
- Agile
- Work Ethic
- Decision Making
- Change Management
- Accountability
Why join Valero Energy
- Long-term disability insurance
- Public transit subsidy
- Domestic partner benefits
- Direct access to leadership
- Yoga Classes
- Happy Hours
- Charitable donation matching
- Dental Insurance
Next step
This Part-time role in Wilmington, DE closes 2026-12-10.