Role SummaryWe are seeking a highly skilled Software Engineer specializing in Build DevOps to join our team and support our Build infrastructure, with a focus on Android development. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of the Android build ecosystem, including Gradle and Soong, and the expertise required to achieve high-uptime, high-reliability continuous build and deployment in the cloud. You will work on improving our builds in both reliability and performance, eliminating non-deterministic failures, and directly improving developer productivity. You will help shape our practices to achieve a highly resilient system capable of handling hundreds of thousands of monthly builds with zero tolerance for downtime.
Responsibilities- Take full ownership of Android CI pipelines, providing immediate, daily support for outages and breakages.
- Implement or develop modern distributed caching mechanisms to ensure CI builds happen in minutes instead of hours, and actively diagnose cache failures, misses, or poison.
- Continuously profile build scans to identify trends and common failure modes, buffering developers from context switching.
- Diagnose non-hermetic and non-deterministic behavior within builds and invent defensive mechanisms to prevent future occurrences.
- Tune builds specifically for the unique constraints imposed by containerization and cloud environments.
- Act as a governing body over tool use across teams, defining best practices for clean, sane builds at a large scale.
- Continuously upgrade systems and align our infrastructure with the latest Android build ecosystem best practices.
QualificationsMinimum Qualifications:
- BS in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
- Deep domain expertise in DevOps and extensive knowledge of the Android build ecosystem.
- Proven experience using Gradle and Soong for both local builds and high-reliability cloud deployments.
- Knowledge of Bazel, Buck, or other similar build system technologies
- Experience managing build architecture at a massive scale (e.g., hundreds of thousands of builds).
- Strong Git skills (repo tools, submodules, git-lfs).
- Proficient with Linux/Bash/Python scripting.
- Passion for build systems, CI/CD, and eliminating developer bottlenecks.
Preferred Qualifications
- GitLab CI experience.
- Virtualization and containerization environment experience (Docker/Podman) to assist with cloud-constrained build tuning.
- Experience transitioning legacy or "script-heavy" build pipelines into modern, scalable architectures.
Total RewardsFull-time positions include base salary, eligibility for an annual performance bonus, and eligibility for equity.
In addition to base salary, Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies offers benefits tailored to the local market. For more information on the benefits available for full-time employees, check out our Global Benefits Site.
External candidates can apply for this role through the Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies careers site (https://rivianvw.tech/#careers). If you are a current employee, please apply through our internal job board
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