Build Engineer – Bazel

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. focus on developer experience: reducing friction in day-to-day engineering workflows and making complex, multi-language systems easier to build, test, and maintain.

Posted 7/29/2026full-timeDurham • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in build systems and CI/CD processes, with a strong focus on enhancing developer productivity through automation and tooling. Proficient in managing large-scale build systems and containerized workloads, contributing to high-impact projects in early cancer detection.

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Build System ExpertiseCI/CD Pipeline ManagementLarge-Scale Build SystemsProgramming in Go, Python, TypeScript, or JavaAWS and Kubernetes Experience

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Hard Skills

Build SystemsCI/CDBazelGitLab CIGitHub ActionsJenkinsGoPythonTypeScriptJava

Tools & Technologies

BazelGitLab CIGitHub ActionsJenkinsAWSKubernetes

Industry Keywords

Developer ExperienceAutomationEngineering WorkflowsSelf-Service ToolsCancer Detection

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSGoGradleJavaJenkinsKubernetesPythonTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

focus on developer experience: reducing friction in day-to-day engineering workflows and making complex, multi-language systems easier to build, test, and maintain.
own and improve build-system workflows in our Bazel-based monorepo.
raise CI reliability and performance.
build internal tooling and self-service automation used across engineering and research.
this is a high-leverage role with broad visibility, your work directly accelerates teams working on early cancer detection.

Requirements

What you’ll need

4+ years of experience working on build systems, CI/CD, or developer productivity / platform tooling.
2+ years of hands-on experience with a large-scale build system (for example Bazel, Buck, Pants, Gradle, or CMake).
2+ years of experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines in GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or a comparable system.
3+ years of professional coding experience in one or more of Go, Python, TypeScript, or Java.
1+ years of hands-on experience with AWS and containerized workloads on Kubernetes.
BS in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent experience.

Benefits

Comp & perks

flexible time-off or vacation
a 401(k) retirement plan with employer match
medical, dental, and vision coverage
carefully selected mindfulness programs