Senior Software Engineer - Devops

Gapinc; Hyderabad; Hybrid; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Gap Inc. is seeking a Software Engineer for the Build team to support and improve CI/CD infrastructure, tools, and processes used across the organization. You will work to enhance developer experience and reduce build times while collaborating with multiple platform teams.

The role emphasizes hands-on development with Git, CI/CD pipelines, and containerized applications, using Java, Python, or Go, and cloud basics on GCP or Azure. Join a team that values reliability and learning.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of software engineering experience with exposure to CI/CD or build systems.
• Hands-on development experience for building and maintaining applications or services.
• Familiarity with Git and standard version control workflows.
• Experience with CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, Jenkins) or eagerness to learn.

Responsibilities

• Support and maintain CI/CD systems used by engineering teams.
• Build and improve tools that streamline build and deployment workflows.
• Collaborate with platform and product teams to enhance developer experience.
• Reduce friction in build and deployment processes to accelerate feature delivery.
• Participate in on-call rotation and incident resolution for build systems.
• Contribute to documentation to help teams use build and deployment tools effectively.

Skills

Team collaboration

Documentation

Ownership

Troubleshooting

Willingness to learn

Tools

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Python

Java

Go

Terraform

Git

Docker

Kubernetes

GCP

Azure

Maven

Gradle

npm

Linux

Job description

About the Role

The Build team at Gap Inc. plays a key role in enabling engineering teams to deliver software efficiently and reliably. As a Software Engineer on the Build team, you will help support and improve the CI/CD infrastructure, tools, and processes used across the organization.

What You'll Do

Responsibilities:

• Supporting and maintaining CI/CD systems used by engineering teams.
• Building and improving tools that simplify build and deployment workflows.
• Partnering with platform and product teams to enhance developer experience.
• Reducing friction in build and deployment processes so teams can focus on delivering features.
• Assist in maintaining and improving build systems and CI/CD pipelines.
• Help identify issues in build and deployment workflows and contribute to solutions that improve reliability and reduce build times.
• Follow established best practices for source control, builds, and deployments, and contribute to improving them over time.
• Learn and experiment with new build tools and technologies, sharing insights with the team.
• Participate in code reviews and collaborate with teammates on shared solutions.
• Write and maintain scripts or small tools to improve developer workflows.
• Work with other platform teams (Ship, Schedule, Observe) to support overall engineering goals.
• Participate in an on-call rotation with support from senior team members.
• Help monitor build systems and contribute to resolving incidents and improving stability.
• Contribute to documentation to help teams use build and deployment tools effectively.

Who You Are

• 4+yrs of software engineering experience, with some exposure to CI/CD or build system.
• You have hands-on development experience building and maintaining applications or services and understand basic software development practices.
• You are comfortable working with Git and standard version control workflows.
• You have some experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins) or are eager to learn.
• You are familiar with at least one programming language (e.g., Terraform, Python, Java, or Go).
• You have basic exposure to Docker or containerized applications.
• You are familiar with cloud platforms (GCP or Azure) at a foundational level.
• You have basic Linux knowledge and can troubleshoot simple issues.
• You are eager to learn, ask questions, and collaborate with teammates.
• You can write clear and simple technical documentation.
• You are comfortable working in a team environment and taking ownership of small to medium-sized tasks.

Core up-front tools/skillsets

• CI/CD tools: GitHub Actions, Jenkins (basic pipeline knowledge)
• Programming/Scripting: Python, Java, or Go, Terraform
• Version Control: Git (branching, PR workflows)
• Containers: Docker; basic Kubernetes concepts
• Cloud: GCP/Azure (foundational knowledge)
• Build Tools: Maven, Gradle, npm (basic usage)
• OS Skills: Linux fundamentals and troubleshooting
• Collaboration: documentation, team communication