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Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.
As a Senior Build & Release Engineer for the TeraWave project, you will be the architect of our end-to-end development velocity. You will build and maintain the "source-to-production" pipeline, ensuring consistency across our entire ecosystem: from low-level firmware on
satellites and user terminals to high-availability
cloud microservices and gateway controllers. You will lead the transition to a hermetic, reproducible, and automated infrastructure that allows our engineering teams to ship flight-critical features and backend updates daily.
Key Responsibilities- Unified Build Ecosystem: Design and maintain a single, integrated build system (Bazel-centric) that orchestrates the building, testing, and packaging of a variety of codebases, including C/C++ firmware, Go/Java/Python microservices, and containerized cloud workloads.
- Hermetic & Reproducible Pipelines: Eliminate environment-specific failures by implementing hermetic build practices. Ensure that any developer, build agent, or CI environment generates identical binary artifacts from the same source revision.
- Toolchain & Dependency Management: Manage complex cross-compilation toolchains for embedded targets (ARM, RISC-V) and standardized runtime environments for cloud services (Docker/OCI images).
- CI/CD at Scale: Design and scale highly concurrent containerized CI/CD pipelines. Integrate unit tests, integration tests, and Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) simulations into a unified "Push on Green" workflow.
- Cloud & Microservices Orchestration: Automate the containerization of cloud software (Kubernetes/Docker). Manage versioning and deployment strategies for microservices that handle network orchestration, telemetry ingestion, and satellite constellation management.
- Release Engineering & OTA: Define the release lifecycle for multi-target deployments. Automate the generation of signed, secure, and verifiable images for hardware assets (OTA) and container images for cloud clusters.
- Mono-Repo Strategy: Manage the technical structure and dependency graph of our monorepo, ensuring clear boundaries between firmware, middleware, and cloud service code while maintaining high velocity.
Basic Qualifications - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
- 7+ years of experience in build/release engineering, DevOps, or SRE, with a focus on both embedded/firmware and distributed cloud services.
- Expert-level proficiency in Bazel (required); extensive experience with CMake/Ninja for firmware and build tools like Gradle/Maven/Go Modules for services.
- Deep knowledge of containerization (Docker, Podman) and orchestration (Kubernetes, Helm).
- Strong scripting and automation skills (Python, Bash, or Go).
Preferred Qualifications - Experience managing monorepos at scale.
- Proficiency in embedded Linux (Yocto/Buildroot) and its integration with cloud-native deployment patterns.
- Experience with secure software supply chain practices: code signing, SBOM generation, and automated vulnerability scanning in pipelines.
- Familiarity with IaC (Terraform, Ansible) and public cloud environments (AWS/Azure) to support large-scale microservice deployments.
- Background in real-time or safety-critical software release cycles, where firmware/software synchronization is vital to network stability.
Base Pay Range for:
WA applicants is $197,529.00 - $276,539.55
Other site ranges may differCulture StatementDon't meet all desired requirements? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single desired qualification. At Blue Origin, we are dedicated to building an authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every desired qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
Benefits- Benefits include: Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability, 401(k) with a company match of up to 5%, and an Education Support Program.
- Stock Options for all regular employees (working at least 20 hours/week)
- Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.
- Dependent on role type and job level, employees may be eligible for benefits and bonuses based on the company's intent to reward individual contributions and enable them to share in the company's results, or other factors at the company's sole discretion. Bonus amounts and eligibility are not guaranteed and subject to change and cancellation. Please check with your recruiter for more details.
