Staff Software Engineer – Build Platform

The role

You will own the architecture and technical strategy for the Build Platform. You will design and operate scalable distributed build systems and build automated systems for container image management.

What you will do

• Own the architecture and long-term technical strategy for RapidFort's Build Platform.
• Design and operate highly scalable distributed build systems.
• Build automated systems for image creation, validation, signing, publishing, and lifecycle management.
• Improve build performance, scalability, reproducibility, reliability, and operational efficiency.
• Design automation that eliminates manual engineering work.
• Develop internal tooling and platform services using Python, Bash, and modern cloud-native technologies.
• Solve complex Linux, dependency management, networking, container, and build-system challenges.
• Drive engineering standards around software supply chain integrity, reproducible builds, and platform reliability.
• Partner with Platform Engineering, Security Research, Product Engineering, and Infrastructure teams.
• Lead architecture reviews and mentor senior engineers.

Required qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering, platform engineering, infrastructure engineering, or developer platform experience.
• Demonstrated experience architecting and operating large-scale build platforms or distributed infrastructure.
• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Deep expertise with Linux systems and operating system internals.
• Expert knowledge of Docker, OCI container images, and container ecosystems.
• Strong Python development experience.
• Strong Bash scripting skills.
• Experience designing distributed automation systems and developer platforms.
• Strong Kubernetes experience in production environments.
• Experience operating modern CI/CD platforms such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Buildkite, GitLab CI, or equivalent.
• Strong understanding of software build systems, dependency management, package management, and artifact lifecycle.
• Experience troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems in production.

Nice to have

• Go (Golang)
• BuildKit, Bazel, or advanced build optimization techniques
• Terraform or Infrastructure as Code
• AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Helm
• OCI registries and artifact management
• Software Bill of Materials (SBOM)
• Sigstore, Cosign, SLSA, in-toto, SPDX, or CycloneDX
• Prometheus, Grafana, or OpenTelemetry
• Supply chain security, container security, or Kubernetes security

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 401(k)
• Flexible PTO
• Flexible work environment
• Opportunity to work on cutting-edge cybersecurity and cloud-native technologies
• Direct influence on the architecture and technical direction of a rapidly growing cybersecurity company

Before you apply

• U.S. Citizenship is required due to the nature of RapidFort's work supporting U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and other federal customer engagements.

About the company

RapidFort is redefining software supply chain security. Their platform transforms vulnerable container images into production-ready, hardened artifacts.