Senior Build Engineer Automated Build and Release
1X is a Palo Alto-based AI and robotics company developing general-purpose humanoid robots, led by its NEO home robot.
Palo Alto, United States
About 1X
1X develops humanoid robots that live and learn alongside people. Its flagship product, NEO, is a home robot designed to autonomously help with household tasks, supported by the company’s embodied-AI systems.
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About the Role
You will own and scale automated build and release infrastructure. You will design reliable CI/CD systems, optimize build performance, automate releases and testing, manage artifacts and versioning, and standardize development workflows across software platforms.
Requirements
- 6+ years of professional experience at Senior level or 10+ years at Staff level in Build Engineering, Release Engineering, Developer Infrastructure, DevOps, or Platform Engineering
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field
- Programming experience in Python, Go, Bash, or similar automation languages
- Experience building and maintaining CI/CD systems with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Buildkite, Bazel, Buck2, CMake, or similar systems
- Experience supporting Linux-based development environments and distributed engineering teams
Responsibilities
- Design and scale automated build and release pipelines across the software stack
- Improve build reliability, performance, and deployment efficiency
- Develop automated testing, artifact management, versioning, and release-validation systems
- Standardize development workflows with software teams
- Establish developer infrastructure, release governance, and CI/CD best practices
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Paid time off, company holidays, and parental leave
- 401(k) plan with company match
- Flexible Spending Account and Health Savings Account options
- Commuter benefits
- Short-term and long-term disability insurance
- Life insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Onsite snacks and catered lunches