Leads development and optimization of large-scale build infrastructure using Bazel, focusing on performance, reliability, and CI efficiency for Airbnb's engineering teams. Requires 8+ years experience, deep Bazel expertise, and cross-team leadership skills.
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Remote8+ YOEDevOps / SRE
About the role
Responsibilities
Architect improvements to existing Bazel installation and remote build/cache infrastructure to improve correctness, reproducibility, and speed.
Set the technical roadmap for software build system reliability and performance.
Accelerate inner-loop development velocity and CI run-times by diagnosing and resolving build performance bottlenecks, including remote execution efficiency, cache hit rates, and critical path analysis.
Drive organizational alignment on build system investments across multiple teams and technical domains.
Serve as the technical authority on build systems: setting standards, mentoring senior engineers, and owning build architecture decisions across multiple repos.
Partner with Security on optimizing build processes related to base images.
Ensure commitment to craft and operational excellence.
Requirements
8+ years industry experience.
Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree, preferably in CS, or equivalent experience.
Metrics-driven approach to decision-making, with a track record for delivering quantifiable impact and presenting to engineering leadership.
Expertise in Bazel, and concepts such as action graph, dependency analysis, remote caching.
Driving cross-organizational alignment and decisions for investments.
Strong ability to review code.
Skills
BazelRemote CachingAction GraphDependency AnalysisCiBuild SystemsRemote ExecutionCache Hit RatesCritical Path Analysis
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