Staff Software Engineer (Continuous Integration)

Role overview

Guide the design and operation of continuous integration systems that help engineering teams build, test, and release software reliably. This staff-level role combines hands-on systems work with technical direction, developer enablement, and mentorship across a broad engineering organization.

Responsibilities

- Own the reliability and scalability of build and CI pipelines that serve multiple services and platforms. - Improve build speed, test coverage, and reporting so developers receive useful feedback quickly. - Establish monitoring, alerting, and incident response practices for CI infrastructure. - Work with engineering teams to improve integrations and deployment workflows, and identify opportunities for better tooling and automation. - Help set the direction for CI and developer productivity infrastructure in partnership with engineering leadership. - Mentor CI engineers and encourage ownership, collaboration, and sound technical practices.

Requirements

- Experience leading engineering initiatives in continuous integration, build systems, or developer productivity. - Strong familiarity with modern build and artifact tools, such as GitHub, Buildkite, or Artifactory. - Working knowledge of cloud environments, including AWS or Kubernetes, and infrastructure as code. - Solid programming experience in Python, Kotlin, Java, or a comparable language, with the ability to guide technical decisions. - Experience managing build systems and frameworks for large monorepositories. - A related bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience. - Ability to solve complex systems problems while balancing near-term improvements with longer-term direction.

Nice to have

Experience contributing to open source or working on software at large scale is a plus. Interest in learning how AI tools and emerging technologies can improve engineering productivity is also valued.

Benefits and work setup

The role is remote-first within the country of employment, with occasional office work possible and an in-person onboarding experience for new hires. The package may include equity, health coverage for employees and dependents, monthly technology and wellness stipends, flexible time off, holidays, and an employee stock purchase plan.