Tooling Engineer

Cylake; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Cylake in Sunnyvale is seeking a senior platform engineer to deploy, maintain, and scale our GitLab-driven CI/CD and tooling platforms. You will design umbrella pipelines, manage artifact registries, and integrate SAST and code-quality tooling to accelerate secure product delivery.

You will establish development standards, automation frameworks, and cross-platform CI configurations (Windows, Linux, macOS) to enable rapid, secure releases.

Qualifications

• 5+ years deploying GitLab in production environments.
• Design and maintain complex CI/CD pipelines with umbrella pipelines.
• Deploy and integrate SAST and image vulnerability tooling into pipelines.
• Set up and manage artifact registries and registries for containers and Helm charts.
• Establish development environment standards and pre-commit hooks.
• Configure CI/CD for cross-compilation (Windows/Linux/macOS).
• Integrate test automation within CI pipelines (e.g., QEMU/KVM).
• Experience with secret management and build signing is a plus.
• Experience building ML specialization pipelines is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Deploy, maintain, and scale GitLab-based CI/CD and tooling platforms.
• Architect comprehensive CI/CD pipelines and artifact registries.
• Integrate SAST and code quality tooling into automated workflows.
• Establish development standards and automation frameworks from scratch.
• Enable cross-platform CI configurations and project scaffolding.

Skills

GitLab

CI/CD pipelines

SAST tooling

Artifact registries

Development standards

Cross-platform CI

Test automation

Secret management

ML pipelines (optional)

Tools

Helm

RPM builds

Container registries

Job description

Your Impact

Join a small team building the next generation of cybersecurity products from the ground up. Led by industry veterans with a proven track record of success - you will get to architect, build, and deliver hugely impactful products with this world class team. You will have the opportunity to grow your career and skills along with the company from the very start.

Role Overview

You will be responsible for deploying, maintaining, and scaling the core engineering project management and tooling platforms, primarily centered around GitLab. This includes architecting comprehensive CI/CD pipelines, managing centralized artifact registries, and deploying critical SAST and code quality tooling. You will have the opportunity to establish the foundational development standards and automation frameworks from the ground up to support the rapid delivery of secure products.

Required Experience

• 5+ years of experience deploying, configuring, and managing GitLab (or similar) in production environments, including stress testing and validating backup and restore procedures
• Strong expertise in designing and maintaining complex CI/CD pipelines, including umbrella pipelines that trigger container builds, Helm packaging, and RPM builds
• Experience deploying and integrating SAST tools (such as Coverity or Semgrep) and image vulnerability scanning directly into automated pipelines
• Proficiency in setting up and managing artifact registries, including container registries, Helm chart repositories, and RPM repositories
• Experience establishing development environment standards, including branch strategies, conventional commits, code review standards, and pre-commit hooks
• Experience configuring CI/CD pipelines for cross-compilation (Windows, Linux, macOS) and project scaffolding, such as Rust workspaces
• Familiarity with integrating test automation, such as configuring QEMU/KVM boot testing within CI pipelines
• Experience with build signing and secret management (e.g., Vault integration, Microsoft ELAM/PPL registration) is a plus
• Experience building ML specialization pipelines (model distillation, pruning, or quantization) is a plus

We offer competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package designed to support our employees’ health, well-being, and long-term success. The expected salary range for this position is $150,000 – $250,000 per year. Within this range, individual pay is determined based on job-related factors including skills, experience, qualifications, and internal equity. Most candidates can expect an offer within the range listed above. Your recruiter will provide additional details on compensation and benefits to qualified candidates during the hiring process.

We’re committed to building a diverse, inclusive workplace where everyone can do their best work. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. If you require a reasonable accommodation during the application or interview process, please let us know — we’re happy to support you.

This position requires access to information protected under U.S. export control laws and regulations, including the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). Any offer of employment will be conditioned on authorization to receive software or technology controlled under these laws and regulations without sponsorship for an export license.