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Staff Python Build Engineer, Build Platform

US Remote, United StatesRemotefull_timeVerifiedPosted 23 Apr 2024

💰 $245,000/yr($166,600/yr – $245,000/yr)

About the role

We're Cruise, a self-driving service designed for the cities we love.

We’re building the world’s most advanced self-driving vehicles to safely connect people to the places, things, and experiences they care about. We believe self-driving vehicles will help save lives, reshape cities, give back time in transit, and restore freedom of movement for many.

In our cars, you’re free to be yourself. It’s the same here at Cruise. We’re creating a culture that values the experiences and contributions of all of the unique individuals who collectively make up Cruise, so that every employee can do their best work.

Cruise is committed to building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment, both in our workplace and in our products. If you are looking to play a part in making a positive impact in the world by advancing the revolutionary work of self-driving cars, come join us. Even if you might not meet every requirement, we strongly encourage you to apply. You might just be the right candidate for us.

Build Platform owns creating the build system and tooling that supports our AV and AI developers. We use Bazel in front of an in-house Remote Bazel Executor (RBE) and Content Addressable Storage (CAS) to provide a premier build experience at Cruise. Our team is constantly on the lookout for optimizations and new tooling that improves our product.

Cruise AI developers are heavy users of Python and Docker. The speed at which they can iterate directly impacts the rate at which our AVs improve. The tooling and workflows that Build Platform provides are central to the productivity of our AI developers. Improvements in this space quickly lead to enormous impact for Cruise.

Remote accepted.

What you’ll be doing:

Design and implement improvements to our Python development ecosystem and workflows, which have a direct impact on engineering productivity.Collaborate with engineers across the company to understand and support their development workflows.
Own technical projects from start to finish and be responsible for major technical decisions and tradeoffs.
Lead complex projects that span teams, with many partners and customers.
Effectively participate in planning, code reviews, and design discussions.
Contribute impactful projects to the team’s roadmap.
Thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative work environment where impact is a result of your efforts and where your contribution is highly visible.
Drive software engineering best practices both within our team and across engineering. Create tooling that encourages and supports these practices.
Mentoring and up-leveling other engineers on the team.
Conduct technical interviews with well-calibrated standards and play a crucial role in recruiting activities.
Be a positive contributor to our team culture.

What you must have:

8+ years experience, with work on large-scale build systems preferred
3+ years of experience leading and driving large-scale, cross-team initiatives

Experience working on developer tooling, Python, docker, etc.
Experience leading projects across multiple teams
Attention to detail, and a desire to improve processes & systems around you
Deep understanding of the business and operational impact for different technology tradeoffs
Passionate about self-driving technology and its potential impact on the world

Bonus Points!

Experience programming with C++ or Go
Experience with compilers (clang, gcc, nvcc, etc)
Experience with build systems such as Bazel or Buck
Experience with cloud infrastructure

The salary range for this position is $166,600 - $245,000. Compensation will vary depending on location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. You may also be offered a bonus, long-term incentives, and benefits. These ranges are subject to change.