
About Nominal
Empowering engineers with tailored data solutions
Key Highlights
- Raised $102.5M in Series A funding
- Headquartered in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, CA
- Focus on aerospace and defense industries
- Unlimited paid vacation and 100% health coverage
Nominal, headquartered in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, CA, is a B2B SaaS company that specializes in data analysis and automation for engineering teams in industries like aerospace and defense. With $102.5 million raised in Series A funding, Nominal's platform provides tailored solutions for managing ...
🎁 Benefits
Nominal offers unlimited paid vacation, 100% health, dental, and vision coverage for employees and their families, and a generous parental leave polic...
🌟 Culture
Nominal fosters a strong in-office culture across its locations in Austin, Los Angeles, and New York City, providing gourmet lunches daily. The compan...
Skills & Technologies
Overview
Nominal is hiring a Production Engineer to strengthen the foundations of their distributed systems and improve software development processes. You'll work in New York and focus on incident response and production systems. This role requires deep experience in complex environments.
Job Description
Who you are
You have a strong background in production engineering, with a focus on incident response and maintaining high-performance systems. Your experience in complex environments has equipped you with the skills to tackle challenges at the intersection of hardware and software. You thrive on creating safer and faster systems through smart infrastructure and process design. You are comfortable working in a fast-paced team and enjoy owning problems end-to-end, collaborating across disciplines to deliver impactful solutions.
You possess a deep understanding of distributed systems and have a proven track record of improving software development processes. Your ability to analyze and respond to incidents effectively has made you a valuable asset in previous roles. You are driven by a mission to enable hardware engineers to push the boundaries of advanced technology with speed, safety, and precision. You are eager to contribute to a team that serves top-tier commercial and defense customers, leveraging your skills to enhance the overall performance of the platform.
What you'll do
As a Production Engineer at Nominal, you will take on a high-leverage role focused on strengthening the foundations of our distributed systems. You will work closely with engineers and operators to improve how the entire team builds, ships, and maintains software. Your responsibilities will include designing and implementing infrastructure solutions that enhance system reliability and performance. You will also be involved in incident response, ensuring that production systems operate smoothly and efficiently.
You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify areas for improvement and implement best practices in software development and deployment. Your role will require you to analyze system performance metrics and make data-driven decisions to optimize processes. You will also mentor junior engineers, sharing your expertise and fostering a culture of continuous learning within the team.
What we offer
At Nominal, you will be part of a small, fast-moving team that values innovation and collaboration. We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, along with opportunities for professional growth and development. You will have the chance to work on cutting-edge technology that powers advanced hardware systems, contributing to projects that have a real impact on the industry. Join us in our mission to enable hardware engineers to push the boundaries of technology with speed, safety, and precision.
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