Developer Productivity Engineer - Bazel & Build Systems

Socket.dev; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Chalk is building the data platform that powers the future of ML applications. As the first software engineer dedicated to developer productivity, you will own Bazel-based build tooling and set priorities for the team, impacting how every engineer at Chalk builds and tests.

Chalk’s engine uses C++ and Rust with a Python interface, targeting high performance and low latency. You will improve builds, tests, and the developer experience, collaborating across engineering, and shaping the

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience as a Software Engineer, ideally in developer productivity.
• Hands on Bazel experience. You have written and debugged BUILD files and Starlark, configured toolchains, and worked through either a real migration or in a large existing workspace
• C++ coding experience as a Software Engineer.
• Ability to work autonomously and to make pragmatic tradeoffs with an eye towards business outcomes.
• Strong communication skills.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience. Strong experience matters more here than the credential

Responsibilities

• Own our Bazel build system, including toolchains, dependency management, and remote execution.
• Work across the engineering organization, with support from leadership, to create a consistent experience for engineers to run and develop Chalk in containerized dev environments.
• Establish test and benchmark patterns.
• Own CI health which includes speed, reliability, and completion.
• Drive down test flakiness.
• Make C++ and Rust builds and tests faster through toolchain work, caching, remote execution, and dependency hygiene

Skills

Bazel

C++

Rust

Communication

Autonomy

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Buildkite

Nix

Job description

Chalk is building the data platform that powers the future of ML applications. As the first software engineer dedicated to developer productivity, you will own Bazel-based build tooling and set priorities for the team, impacting how every engineer at Chalk builds and tests.

Chalk’s engine uses C++ and Rust with a Python interface, targeting high performance and low latency. You will improve builds, tests, and the developer experience, collaborating across engineering, and shaping the