Build System Engineer (Senior)
We are #VLteam – tech enthusiasts constantly striving for growth. The team is our foundation, that’s why we care the most about the friendly atmosphere, a lot of self-development opportunities and good working conditions. Trust and autonomy are two essential qualities that drive our performance. We simply believe in the idea of “measuring outcomes, not hours”. Join us & see for yourself!
About the role
This role is focused on a mixture of consult and dev-rel work around Bazel. This means a mix of:
– doing Bazel migration
– promoting Bazel and our expertise through conferences, meetups, blog posts, and Social Media
– developing open source and internal solutions focused on Bazel
– pre-sales and consultancy work
– training and mentoring developers on Bazel
This role usually is connected with part-time work within other projects related to Bazel.
Bazel, Starlark, Python
This position requires exceptional skills in multitasking. It requires a willingness to public speaking, write articles, and activity within Social Media or discussion forums (e.g., Bazel Slack). It requires a lot of initiative and creativity.
2 developer advocate/experts.
Our team collaborates with a leading vendor of Caching and Remote Build Execution (RBE) solutions for Bazel and other build tools, providing services related to Bazel and build automation. We’re actively involved in open-source and research initiatives, exploring topics such as alternative rules for TypeScript and Gazelle-like solutions for C++. Training and learning Bazel are essential parts of the role.
Bazel, Starlark, Golang, C++, Typescript and more
– R&D around various tooling within Bazel ecosystem
– Solving various problems from different technologies stack that changes often, requires high flexibility
– integrating with customers and providing world-class services.
Currently a team of 2, expanding to 3+ with the support of a project manager.
We collaborate with the Professional Services team, as well as Customer Success and Development teams from our partner, with team members distributed across the EU and the USA.
We are working with one of the largest JVM-based codebases in the world. We create and maintain tooling that allows over a thousand active developers to work painlessly on a shared codebase. We merge over a hundred PRs and run hundreds of thousands of tests every day. Our team provides all the support for this purpose, from custom compilers, through formatters, IntelliJ plugins, and Jenkins CI/CD infrastructure to the Web tooling integrated with BitBucket for easier PR management and more.
JVM, Scala 2.13, Java (8-20+), Groovy (in Jenkins pipelines), Python
Tweaking Git, IntelliJ, Bitbucket, Jenkins, and other OSS tools to work well in a very large codebase. Debugging issues that Google returns 0 results for. Creating reliable code that does not end up with a ton of support overhead. Planning and managing your tasks.
15 people in the team, distributed between North America, Europe, and Asia. Direct project manager from the US. QA for the releases of our tooling is done by us.
The team is tasked with completing the migration to Bazel and cooperates with experienced engineers on the client side. The codebase to migrate is way bigger than 10 million lines of code.
Bazel, Java, Kotlin, Scala, Gradle
Fixing obscure compilation/tests problems while keeping the performance of the code.
A team consisting of 4 developers and a team lead.
We are supporting the Build Tools Integration team in expanding CI/CD capabilities by integrating and executing various build tools such as Maven, Gradle, MSBuild, and NPM, as well as external tools like Unity and Unreal. The work focuses on enabling seamless test reporting, issue analysis, and custom build pipeline recipes for easy use within integrated developer tools.
Java, Kotlin, Spring Framework, Maven, Gradle, .NET, NodeJS
Develop and maintain deep integrations with diverse build systems, ensure accurate diagnostics and performance insights, and enhance user-facing automation features for complex CI/CD pipelines.
Currently, this is a two-person project on our side, carried out in close collaboration with the client’s engineering team.
What we expect in general
- 5+ years of experience in backend, devops, or platform engineering
- Experience in developing solutions around building tools, maintaining CI/CD, and other aspects of SDLC
- Practical knowledge of Bazel or at least one other build tool.
- Candidate should know well at least one ecosystem (JVM, .Net, Rust, GoLang, NPM etc.)
- Communication skills and a pragmatic approach to problem-solving
- Ability to work as a part of a team
- Pro-active approach to problem-solving, without hesitation in reaching out for help
- Being self-driven and self-managing tasks
Don’t worry if you don’t meet all the requirements. What matters most is your passion and willingness to develop. Moreover, B2B does not have to be the only form of cooperation. Apply and find out!
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