Staff Deployment Engineer: CI/CD, Kubernetes & Automation

Symbotic; Wilmington (MA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 171,600; Full time

Job summary

Symbotic Staff Support Software Engineer is sought to lead development, integration, and deployment of reliable software across our automation systems. You will drive release readiness, mentor engineers, and partner with Engineering, Operations, and customer-facing teams to deliver stable production environments.

This role requires 8+ years of software engineering experience with Kubernetes, Linux, CI/CD, and production support, plus strong collaboration and problem-solving skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/Software Eng or related field or equivalent work experience.
• 8+ years of software engineering with hands-on development, automation, integration and production support.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional release readiness and deployment execution with Engineering, DevOps, QA, Operations, and site teams.
• Drive supply chain automation improvements through software development, system integration, and deployment automation at scale.
• Architect and support CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes-based deployments, infrastructure automation, and production release activities.
• Troubleshoot the most complex technical issues across applications, integrations, infrastructure, databases, and distributed systems.
• Develop automation, tools, runbooks, and repeatable processes that reduce manual effort and improve operational reliability.
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to less‑senior engineers, and partner with stakeholders for stable delivery and customer outcomes.
• Travel approximately 10–20% for deployment activities, site readiness, customer environments, and critical release events.

Skills

Kubernetes

Linux

CI/CD

DevOps

deployment automation

PowerShell scripting

APIs

databases

system integration

cross-team coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Docker

Python

SQL

Git

Jenkins

Ansible/AWX

Helm

Kafka

RabbitMQ

Redis

monitoring

cloud platforms

Job description

Symbotic Staff Support Software Engineer is sought to lead development, integration, and deployment of reliable software across our automation systems. You will drive release readiness, mentor engineers, and partner with Engineering, Operations, and customer-facing teams to deliver stable production environments.

This role requires 8+ years of software engineering experience with Kubernetes, Linux, CI/CD, and production support, plus strong collaboration and problem-solving skills.