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Build and Release Engineer (DevOps)

northwoodspace· Engineering
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Torrance, CA$130k - $197kFull-timePosted 4d ago

About the role

Northwood seeks a Developer Experience Engineer to own the build system, CI pipelines, test harness integrations, and developer environments used by FPGA, embedded, DSP, cloud, and ground teams. Role focuses on improving reproducibility, tooling, and release processes across multi-disciplinary teams within the Platform group.

Responsibilities

  • Own the build system: reproducibility, caching, build times, and cross-platform targets spanning cloud services, embedded firmware, and FPGA gateware.
  • Design and maintain reusable GitLab CI templates and pipeline components, with fast early checks ahead of expensive builds and tests, and drive down flakiness and cycle time with data.
  • Build reproducible developer environments so new engineers are productive on day one.
  • Implement release automation and promotion mechanics from development through staging to production, including artifact signing and supply chain checks.
  • Instrument the build and CI system, publish developer productivity metrics, and use them to prioritize the tooling roadmap.
  • Support engineers on build and pipeline issues and turn recurring problems into permanent fixes.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 3+ years of experience in build engineering, DevOps, CI/CD, developer productivity, or platform engineering.
  • Hands-on experience owning CI pipelines (GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Buildkite, or similar) for a multi-team codebase.
  • Proficiency in Python and shell scripting; ability to read and build Rust or C/C++ projects.
  • Solid understanding of containers, Linux, and Git workflows.
  • Demonstrated ability to diagnose and fix slow or unreliable builds, with specific examples.

Skills

Required:CI/CD pipelines ownershipPython and shell scriptingLinux and containers
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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