Senior Build Engineer, CI / CD Efficiency 1X · San Carlos · DevOps & Release $190,000–$230,000 2mo ago

Devopsroles; San Carlos (CA); Hybrid; USD 190,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vis

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) / HSA

401(k) plan with company match

Commuter benefits

Paid time off

Onsite snacks

Job summary

1X is seeking a senior Build Engineer to drive the performance, scalability, and reliability of its CI/CD platform. You will optimize engineering workflows, reduce build and test latency, and enable hundreds of engineers to deliver high-quality software across robotics and cloud platforms.

You will design scalable automation, partner with software teams to streamline workflows, and establish standards, tooling, and observability that provide actionable insights into CI/CD health and developer

Qualifications

• 6+ years in Build/DevOps or related field.
• Bachelor's degree in CS, Software Eng, or related field.
• Strong programming experience in Python, Go, Bash, or similar automation languages.

Responsibilities

• Drive the performance, scalability, and reliability of 1X's CI/CD platform.
• Optimize engineering workflows and reduce build/test latency.
• Build scalable automation that enables hundreds of engineers to deliver high-quality software for robotics and cloud platforms.
• Partner with software teams to streamline development workflows and reduce bottlenecks.
• Establish standards, tooling, and observability for CI/CD health and developer experience.

Skills

CI/CD expertise

Python

Go

Bash

Automation tooling

Distributed build systems

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

GitHub Actions

Buildkite

Jenkins

GitLab CI

CircleCI

Bazel

Buck2

CMake

Job description

About 1X

We’re building humanoid robots that work in home - doing the chores, handling the tasks, and giving people their time back. Simple, but it’s not.

To do this right, we have to solve robotics, AI, manufacturing - at the same time, at scale, in a form factor that has to be safe enough to live with your family. If you’re inspired by this, you’ll thrive here. We’ve been at this since 2014 and we’re at the point where the hard problems are behind us and the hard work is in front of us.

NEO is our flagship - a home robot designed to move, learn, and operate in the real world alongside real people. We’re not demoing it - we’re shipping it. We’re excited to meet you, if this excites you.

If you’ve spent your career working on problems that matter and want to see them actually reach the world - this is that moment. We’re scaling, we’re hiring with intention, and we need people who want to build something that will genuinely change how humans spend their time - safely creating abundance for all.

About the Team

The Tooling team builds the tools, pipelines, and infrastructure that speed up iteration and give us confidence our software works properly before it reaches physical robots. This team focuses on eliminating developer friction by improving CI/CD performance, optimizing build infrastructure, and creating scalable automation that allows engineers to spend more time building robots and less time waiting for pipelines.

As our engineering organization scales, this team is critical to reducing developer friction, increasing release quality, and enabling rapid deployment of software to both simulation environments and physical robots.

Your Charter

Drive the performance, scalability, and reliability of 1X's CI/CD platform. You will optimize engineering workflows, reduce build and test latency, improve developer feedback loops, and build the infrastructure that enables hundreds of engineers to continuously deliver high-quality software across robotics and cloud platforms.

Key Outcomes

• Improve CI/CD performance by reducing build, test, and deployment times across the engineering organization.
• Design scalable automation that maximizes developer productivity while maintaining software quality and release reliability.
• Optimize distributed build systems, caching strategies, test execution, and resource utilization to improve engineering efficiency.
• Partner with all software teams to streamline development workflows and reduce operational bottlenecks.
• Establish engineering standards, tooling, and observability that provide actionable insights into CI/CD health, pipeline performance, and developer experience.

Key Competencies

• Deep expertise designing and optimizing CI/CD infrastructure for large-scale software engineering organizations.
• Strong understanding of distributed build systems, pipeline optimization, test automation, and developer productivity.
• Excellent software engineering skills with experience building scalable automation and infrastructure tooling.
• Strong systems thinking with a passion for improving engineering efficiency through automation and platform improvements.
• Ability to lead cross-functional technical initiatives and influence engineering best practices across multiple organizations.

Minimum Requirements

• 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.

Preferred Skills

• 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.

What does a successful 1X Team Member look like:

Team members at 1X who thrive here are builders. They move fast, own their work completely, and treat time like it’s the one thing you can’t get back - because it is. They say what they mean, finish what they start, and hold themselves to a standard before anyone has to ask. We push each other to be better, and we do it with honesty and respect.

Compensation Range

$190,000 – $230,000 + Equity

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

Equal Opportunity Employer

1X is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, medical condition, genetic information, disability, military or veteran status, justice system impact, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.