# Software Engineering Lead - Build Systems, Compilers and Languages

**Company:** [EngFlow](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/engflow)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Engineering Management
**Skills:** Bazel, Cmake, Java, C++, Rust, Linux, AWS, GCP, Azure, Terraform, Gradle, Maven
**Posted:** 2026-01-27

> Leads engineering team developing build systems, compilers, and languages features for a remote execution platform. Drives open-source contributions to Bazel and similar tools, manages projects, and solves scalability challenges. Requires leadership experience and deep optimization expertise.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Lead core engineers and drive development of key features for the platform.
- Contribute to open-source projects including Bazel, gRPC, Goma, Soong, and CMake.
- Solve complex scalability and performance challenges.
- Lead projects, manage a growing team, and contribute to product and platform engineering.
- Participate in on-call rotation for production issues.

## Requirements
- **Leadership Experience**: Proven experience managing and influencing technical teams; hands-on remote team management a plus.
- **Optimization Passion**: Deep interest in optimization related to compilers, programming languages, and build systems like **Bazel**, **CMake**, **Maven**, **Gradle**, **Nix**, or **Buck**.
- **DevOps & DevInfra Experience**: Passion for DevOps and DevInfra; expertise in **Linux**, **Unix**, and cloud infrastructure (**AWS**, **Azure**, **GCP**, **OpenShift**, **Oracle Cloud**); **Terraform** a plus.
- **Technical Proficiency**: Programming experience in **Java**; proficiency in **C++** and **Rust** a plus.
- **Asynchronous Programming**: Experience with asynchronous programming and scalable software architectures.
- **Software at Scale**: Proven experience delivering software at scale and maintaining operational excellence.
- **Conflict Resolution & Communication**: Strong conflict resolution skills and ability to communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

## Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision benefits.
- 401k, bonus, parental leave, generous vacation.

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