Senior Build Engineer, Automated Build & Release

The role

You will own and scale automated build and release infrastructure. You will design CI/CD systems and optimize build performance for robotics, cloud, embedded, and simulation platforms.

What you will do

• Design and scale automated build and release pipelines.
• Improve build reliability, performance, and deployment efficiency.
• Develop automated testing, artifact management, versioning, and release validation systems.
• Partner with software teams to standardize development workflows.
• Establish scalable developer infrastructure, release governance, and CI/CD best practices.

Required qualifications

• 6+ years of professional experience (Senior) or 10+ years (Staff) in Build Engineering, Release Engineering, Developer Infrastructure, DevOps, or Platform Engineering.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Strong programming experience in Python, Go, Bash, or similar scripting and automation languages.
• Hands-on experience building and maintaining CI/CD systems using tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Buildkite, Bazel, Buck2, CMake, or similar build systems.
• Experience supporting Linux-based development environments and distributed software engineering teams.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting robotics, embedded systems, autonomous vehicles, games, or other large-scale software platforms.
• Familiarity with cross-platform build systems, embedded firmware builds, or multi-language monorepos.
• Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience managing artifact repositories, package management, release orchestration, and deployment automation.
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Experience optimizing build performance, distributed compilation, caching strategies, or large-scale developer tooling.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Generous paid time off, company holidays, and parental leave
• 401(k) plan with company match (100% on the first 3% of contributions, 50% on the next 2%)
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) and Health Savings Accounts (HSA) options
• Commuter benefits (transit and parking)
• Short-term and long-term disability, and life insurance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for mental health, financial, and personal support
• Onsite snacks and catered lunches

About the company

1X builds humanoid robots that work in homes to do chores and handle tasks. They have been working on robotics, AI, and manufacturing since 2014.