# Staff C++ Build and Release Engineer

**Company:** [Shield AI](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/shield-ai)
**Location:** Melbourne, Australia
**Role:** DevOps / SRE
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** C++, Cmake, Conan, Nix, Ninja, Artifactory, CI/CD, Docker, Podman, Linux, Python, Containerization, Dependency Management, Build Systems, Release Engineering
**Posted:** 2026-09-08

> Own reproducible C++ build and release workflows, containerized CI/CD, artifact promotion, and edge deployment for autonomy and vision products. The role requires strong production C++, build-system, container, Linux, and constrained-environment delivery experience.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Own C++ build and release workflows for autonomy and vision products, from source through build, test, packaging, and release.
- Support and evolve containerized CI/CD pipelines across isolated environments, improving speed, determinism, promotion, and repeatability.
- Build and maintain container images for edge deployment.
- Manage JFrog/Artifactory repositories for multi-language and generic artifacts, including versioning, retention, and promotion practices.
- Strengthen C++ dependency and build reproducibility and reduce pipeline flakiness.
- Validate and deploy autonomy and vision-system products, tools, and libraries for reliable edge delivery.
- Collaborate with engineers and system administrators to ensure integration and stability across deployment environments.

## Requirements
- Strong hands-on experience delivering modern C++ software in production.
- Experience owning build systems, toolchains, and dependency management, such as Conan, CMake, Nix, Ninja, or Artifactory.
- Significant recent experience running CI/CD for compiled software and maintaining pipelines, runners or agents, artifact stores, and promotion gates.
- Significant recent experience with Docker or Podman and containerized workflows.
- Strong understanding of Linux/Unix systems.
- Experience debugging and troubleshooting.
- Experience with air-gapped or isolated DevOps environments, or similarly constrained delivery contexts.
- Experience supporting Python deployment and distribution for tooling around a C++ core.

## Compensation
- Competitive salary, performance-based incentives, and long-term growth opportunities.

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