Senior Software Build & Release Engineer

The role

The Senior Software Build & Release Engineer owns the automation of software builds, versioning, deployment, and delivery for the lunar lander program. This role involves designing release strategies and maintaining GitLab CI/CD pipelines and on-premises infrastructure.

What you will do

• Own release engineering end to end for flight and ground software
• Design and evolve the branching and release strategy
• Build and maintain GitLab CI/CD pipelines
• Triage and resolve infrastructure-related failures and regressions
• Integrate automated and manual test campaigns into the release process
• Deploy and operate on-premises infrastructure for engineering services
• Own Linux-based spacecraft flat-sat platforms
• Build Python tooling and custom Docker containers for automated deployment and testing
• Set engineering standards for build, test, and release practices

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of DevOps, build, or release engineering experience supporting robotics, spacecraft, embedded, or other mission-critical systems
• Hands-on ownership of GitLab CI/CD, including pipelines, runners, package registry, and releases
• Strong Python skills for pipeline automation, release tooling, scripting, and pytest-based test frameworks
• Experience with Bazel, particularly for multi-language (C++/Python) builds, remote caching, or migrating existing projects from Make/CMake
• Experience with Docker and with Make/CMake build systems
• Track record of designing or significantly shaping branching and release strategies
• Solid Linux administration experience, including deploying and maintaining self-hosted engineering services
• Comfort as the primary or sole owner of infrastructure
• Must be a U.S. person as defined by ITAR

Nice to have

• Working proficiency in C++, particularly around build, test, and packaging
• Experience running simulation or compute workloads on HPC clusters (Slurm)
• Experience with container registries and object storage (Harbor, MinIO)
• Prior work in ITAR/CUI-controlled environments
• Informal technical leadership experience

Benefits

• Flexible Time Off (FTO)
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Flexible, affordable gym memberships
• 401(k) retirement plan with a 50% company match on contributions up to 8%
• Company wellness programs
• Additional voluntary benefits and employee support resources

Before you apply

• Must be a U.S. person as defined by ITAR
• Applicants must be eligible to obtain any required export authorizations from the U.S. Department of State or the U.S. Department of Commerce

About the company

Voyager is an innovative space, defense, and national security technology company. They tackle complex challenges to deliver transformative, mission-critical solutions.