Senior Build Engineer, CI/CD Efficiency

The role

You will drive the performance, scalability, and reliability of the CI/CD platform. You will optimize engineering workflows, reduce build and test latency, and build infrastructure for robotics and cloud platforms.

What you will do

• Improve CI/CD performance by reducing build, test, and deployment times.
• Design scalable automation to maximize developer productivity.
• Optimize distributed build systems, caching strategies, test execution, and resource utilization.
• Partner with software teams to streamline workflows and reduce bottlenecks.
• Establish engineering standards, tooling, and observability for CI/CD health.

Required qualifications

• 6+ years of professional experience (Senior) or 10+ years (Staff) in Build Engineering, Developer Productivity, DevOps, Infrastructure Engineering, 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 automation languages.
• Hands-on experience building and optimizing CI/CD systems using tools such as GitHub Actions, Buildkite, Jenkins, GitLab CI, CircleCI, Bazel, Buck2, CMake, or similar technologies.
• Experience supporting Linux development environments and large-scale software engineering workflows.

Nice to have

• Experience optimizing monorepos, distributed compilation, remote execution, and build caching technologies.
• Experience building internal developer platforms or developer productivity tooling.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes, Docker, and cloud infrastructure platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Experience with automated test infrastructure, parallel test execution, and engineering metrics.
• Experience supporting robotics, autonomous systems, embedded software, gaming, or other performance-sensitive engineering organizations.
• Experience implementing observability, monitoring, and analytics for CI/CD systems and developer workflows.

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 are building NEO, a flagship home robot designed to move, learn, and operate in the real world.