Full Stack Engineer (Contract)

Factron AI
  • Chicago, IL
    7 days ago

    Job Description

    About Factron

    Factron is an AI software company building the intelligence layer for manufacturing facilities to make them smarter with every production cycle. 

    It is a strategic, domain specific, reasoning engine to help manufacturing employees solve their most urgent and important problems with speed and precision. Built from the ground up to be AI native and designed for manufacturing.

    Factron AI, Inc. is at the pre-seed stage, headquartered in Chicago. The company is built by people who have lived on the factory floor, with experience from Rivian, Microsoft, C3.ai, Stradigi AI, Bombardier, etc. 

    Factron is backed by Microsoft for Startups, Claude for Startups, NVIDIA Inception, Antler, and Superior Studios. 

    Factron serves discrete manufacturers across automotive, battery, semiconductor, discrete manufacturing, biotech, and defense — empowering the sustaining engineers who keep the line running.

    Role summary

    Job title

    Full Stack Engineer (Contract)

    Level

    Senior

    Location

    Chicago, IL or remote for the right candidate

    Employment type

    Contract, with a path to full-time

    Reports to

    Chief Technology Officer

    What you'll do

    • Build and maintain UI and API updates across the Factron platform, from the RCA engine through to the front end.
    • Design and build Settings and Dev Admin capabilities, giving the team and pilot customers reliable ways to configure and operate the platform.
    • Design and build Exec View and OEE reporting functionality — the surfaces plant leadership and executives use to see performance at a glance.
    • Develop agents that dynamically visualize what is happening on the factory floor in real time.
    • Hold code quality and engineering standards to a high bar in an era of agentic coding assistants — develop comprehensive unit tests, integration tests, end-to-end tests, and smoke tests so the platform ships with confidence.
    • Work with Data Engineering to develop, design and maintain Factron unified data model 
    • Work with DevOps engineers to design and maintain CI/CD pipelines and ensure high quality SLDC standards

    What we're looking for

    • Strong experience with React or Angular, JavaScript, and CSS.
    • Strong Python experience, with hands-on API development.
    • Experience working with cloud-based databases.
    • Comfortable moving fast and owning a feature end to end, from API to UI

    Nice to have

    • Cloud-based networking and security experience.
    • Experience integrating with OPC-UA (Allen-Bradley, Siemens), MTConnect, or Fanuc FOCAS.
    • Prior experience at a pre-seed to Series A startup.

    Contract, compensation & growth path

    • This is a contractor role, reporting directly to the CTO.
    • Competitive pay for the contract — specific rate to be discussed directly with candidates.
    • Factron is funded, with the runway to bring the right person on properly.
    • Direct exposure to a high-caliber founding team, and to the Fortune 500 manufacturers Factron is piloting with.
    • Strong delivery on this contract opens the door to converting to a full-time role with an equity award.

    Location, work model & logistics



    Work model

    Hybrid preferred; open to remote for the right candidate

    Travel

    Occasional, if the role touches customer plant floors

    How to apply

    Apply through our Breezy job listing. Include your resume and a link to your GitHub or portfolio.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationChicago, IL

    Skills

    • Allen-Bradleyunmatched
    • AngularJSunmatched
    • Application Programming Interface (API)unmatched
    • Artificial Intelligence (AI)unmatched
    • Automotive Manufacturingunmatched
    • Biotech and Pharmaceuticalunmatched
    • CSS (Cascading Style Sheet)unmatched
    • Cloud Computingunmatched
    • Continuous Deployment/Deliveryunmatched
    • Continuous Integrationunmatched
    • Data Modelingunmatched
    • DevOpsunmatched
    • Discrete Manufacturingunmatched
    • Fortune 500 Customersunmatched
    • High Tech Industryunmatched
    • Integration Testingunmatched
    • Leadershipunmatched
    • Manufacturingunmatched
    • Manufacturing Designunmatched
    • Microsoft Product Familyunmatched
    • Multiplatform/Cross-Platformunmatched
    • Network Securityunmatched
    • Python Programming/Scripting Languageunmatched
    • Quality Engineeringunmatched
    • Quality Metricsunmatched
    • React.jsunmatched
    • Semantic Reasonerunmatched
    • Semiconductor Manufacturingunmatched
    • Smoke Testingunmatched
    • Startupunmatched
    • Test Plan/Scheduleunmatched
    • Unit Testunmatched
    • User Interface/Experience (UI/UX)unmatched

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