Software Engineer, Developer Infrastructure - Build Systems
About the role
Nominal is building the connected test and operations platform powering the world's most advanced hardware systems. This role involves developing and maintaining the build infrastructure that supports the entire engineering organization, focusing on continuous optimization and scalability. The ideal candidate will also own developer infrastructure that enhances engineering velocity and release quality.
Responsibilities
- Build, optimize, and maintain Nominal’s large-scale build systems, prioritizing Bazel.
- Improve CI/CD pipeline performance, release automation, and release reliability.
- Own developer infrastructure that enables engineering velocity as the monorepo and engineering organization scale.
- Build and maintain observability, telemetry, logging, and metrics infrastructure using tools like Datadog, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry.
- Partner closely with product engineering teams to remove developer friction and improve day-to-day engineering productivity.
Requirements
- 4+ years building, optimizing, and maintaining build systems at scale.
- Experience with Bazel or similar build systems.
- Experience working in and scaling large monorepos.
- A track record of improving CI/CD performance, release reliability, and developer productivity using measurable outcomes.
- Practical, startup-minded engineering philosophy - approaching problems from first principles and building scalable solutions.
- Comfortable owning developer infrastructure end to end, from build tooling and CI/CD to release automation and engineering productivity.
Skills That Accelerate Us
- 4+ years building, optimizing, and maintaining build systems at scale.
- Experience with Bazel or similar build systems.
- Experience working in and scaling large monorepos.
- A track record of improving CI/CD performance, release reliability, and developer productivity using measurable outcomes.
- Practical, startup-minded engineering philosophy - You don't let perfect be the enemy of good, but you approach problems from first principles and build solutions that scale.
- Comfortable owning developer infrastructure end to end, from build tooling and CI/CD to release automation and engineering productivity.
Nice to have
- Datadog
- Grafana
- OpenTelemetry
- Audit logging
- Kubernetes
- Remote build caches
- Ephemeral development environments, or other developer platform tooling.
Benefits/Perks
- 100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Unlimited PTO and sick leave
- Free lunch, snacks, and coffee
- 🚀 Professional Development Stipend
- 🛠️ In-office hardware lab with a $250 project stipend
- ✈️ Annual company retreat
Career
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin. ITAR Requirements To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C.1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.
Compensation
The base pay range for this role is $130,000 – $230,000 per year.