Staff Build Platform Engineer — Remote, Equity & PTO

RAPIDFORT; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity participation

Flexible PTO

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Remote-friendly work environment

Job summary

RapidFort is seeking a Staff Engineer to own the architecture of the Build Platform and lead the design of scalable, distributed build systems that produce thousands of production-ready container images. You will drive automation for image creation, validation, signing, publishing, and lifecycle management while improving performance, reliability, and developer productivity.

You will mentor senior engineers, influence multiple teams, and collaborate with Platform Engineering, Security, and Infra

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 pursuant to applicable federal customer requirements.
• 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.
• Strong Git-based development workflows.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to influence engineering across multiple teams.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives without direct management responsibility.

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture and long-term technical strategy for RapidFort's Build Platform.
• Design and operate highly scalable distributed build systems capable of producing and maintaining thousands of production-ready container images.
• 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 while improving developer productivity.
• 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 closely with Platform Engineering, Security Research, Product Engineering, and Infrastructure teams.
• Lead architecture reviews and influence technical decisions across multiple engineering organizations.
• Mentor senior engineers and help raise the technical bar across the company.
• Continuously identify opportunities to simplify systems, improve reliability, and reduce operational overhead.

Skills

Linux systems

Docker

Kubernetes

Python

Bash scripting

CI/CD

Distributed systems

Tools

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Buildkite

Job description

RapidFort is seeking a Staff Engineer to own the architecture of the Build Platform and lead the design of scalable, distributed build systems that produce thousands of production-ready container images. You will drive automation for image creation, validation, signing, publishing, and lifecycle management while improving performance, reliability, and developer productivity.

You will mentor senior engineers, influence multiple teams, and collaborate with Platform Engineering, Security, and Infra