Staff Engineer Bazel

Strategic Employment; Alameda (CA); Hybrid; USD 300,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

Strategic Employment is seeking a Staff Engineer / Lead for their Developer Experience team in Alameda, CA. The role involves hands-on work with the Bazel build system and managing its evolution within a large polyglot monorepo.

The candidate will collaborate with engineers to enhance build performance and reliability while also mentoring a Bazel engineer. This position provides a competitive base salary of up to $360,000 along with equity and operates in a hybrid model.

Qualifications

• Experience with Bazel and managing build systems.
• Familiarity with CI tools, particularly CircleCI.
• Ability to mentor and manage team members.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve a Bazel-based build system within a polyglot monorepo.
• Improve and maintain CI pipelines.
• Set standards for build and test infrastructure.
• Collaborate with developers for performance improvements.
• Manage and mentor a Bazel engineer.

Skills

CI pipelines

Bazel build system

Collaboration

Job description

Staff Engineer / Lead – Build Systems (Bazel)

An autonomous vehicle manufacturer in the Bay Area is looking for a Staff or Lead Software Engineer to join their Developer Experience team. The company operates a large polyglot monorepo and is focused on improving the build and test infrastructure that supports their engineering org.

This role is a mix of hands‑on technical work and light people management — you'll own their Bazel build system and manage one Bazel engineer.

Compensation & Location

• Up to $360,000 base salary + equity
• Hybrid out of Alameda, CA

Core Responsibilities

• Own and evolve a Bazel‑based build system within a polyglot monorepo
• Improve and maintain CI pipelines (CircleCI experience a plus)
• Set standards for build and test infrastructure across the engineering team
• Collaborate with developers to improve build performance and reliability
• Manage and mentor one Bazel engineer