Software Engineer, Build Systems / CI

OpenAISan Francisco, CAfull_timesenior

$185,000 – $490,000 USD

Tech Stack

Solid badges = required, outlined = preferred

Responsibilities

  • Own and evolve Bazel-based build and test workflows across a large, polyglot monorepo.
  • Improve CI performance and reliability across Buildkite pipelines, including queue time, build time, cache hit rates, test sharding, retry behavior, and flake isolation.
  • Build systems that reduce unnecessary CI work through affected-target detection, dependency graph analysis, test selection, caching, batching, and smarter scheduling.
  • Operate and optimize build infrastructure across Docker/OCI images, Kubernetes-based runners, cloud resources, and remote cache/execution systems.
  • Own the reliability of the systems you build, including participating in an on-call rotation for critical developer infrastructure.

Soft Skills

Developer Experience

Benefits

  • Remote Work

Culture

Cross-Functional TeamsMission-DrivenInclusive Hiring

Requirements

Regions: Us

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