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Staff Software Engineer — CI, Build & Release

qualcomm
San Diego, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 25 Jun 2026
💰 $237,600/yr($158,400/yr$237,600/yr)

About the role


Company:

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Machine Learning Engineering

General Summary:

As part of the AISW engineering team at Qualcomm, you will own the CI, build, and release infrastructure for the Delegates portfolio — ONNX Runtime, ExecuTorch, and TFLite / LiteRT. You will ensure fast, reliable, high-quality software delivery across Linux, Windows, and Android targets leverage off-device and on-target hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) validation for Qualcomm Snapdragon SoCs, directly enabling the team's ability to ship to strategic ISV partners and align with upstream framework release cadences.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field and 4+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field and 3+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field and 2+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.

What You'll Do

CI & Build Infrastructure

  • Design, own, and evolve multi-platform CI pipelines for ORT QNN-EP, ExecuTorch, and LiteRT delegates across Linux, Windows (ARM64/x86), and Android.
  • Maintain hermetic, reproducible build recipes and toolchains; manage cross-platform dependencies and toolchain versioning across all Delegates targets.
  • Integrate HIL and on-device automated testing into CI workflows for Snapdragon SoC validation at scale.
  • Drive the agentic transformation by embedding AI-assisted tooling (Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Codex) into CI and developer workflows to improve team velocity.

Release Engineering

  • Own the end-to-end release pipeline: versioning strategy, artifact packaging (Python wheels, shared libraries, Android AARs), signed binary distribution, and release gate criteria.
  • Define and enforce automated quality gates — regression benchmarks, performance thresholds, op-coverage checks — aligned with ORT, ExecuTorch, and LiteRT upstream cadences.
  • Coordinate SDK artifact delivery with the QAIRT SDK release train and downstream ISV partners.

Test Automation & Quality

  • Partner with delegate engineers to build automated functional, performance, and regression test suites covering op coverage, numerical accuracy, and latency.
  • Develop dashboards and alerting for build health, test pass rates, and performance trends; integrate with JIRA for automated defect tracking and release readiness reporting.

Developer Experience & Collaboration

  • Streamline inner-loop workflows: local build scripts, container images, pre-commit hooks, and environment bootstrapping that mirror CI behavior.
  • Maintain CI runbooks and documentation for a globally distributed team; align all CI/build infrastructure with Qualcomm Corporate tooling standards.
  • Coordinate with upstream open-source communities (ORT, ExecuTorch, LiteRT) to track breaking changes and contribute automation improvements back upstream.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field and 8+ years of software/DevOps/release engineering experience — OR — Master's degree and 6+ years.
  • Expert-level Python and Bash scripting.
  • Hands-on experience integrating an AI coding agent (Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, or Codex) into a CI or development workflow.
  • Deep experience with CI/CD platforms (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, TeamCity, or similar) and Git-based SCM workflows.
  • Proven end-to-end ownership of build, release, and deployment pipelines in a multi-platform environment.
  • Exposure to JIRA or equivalent for defect tracking and sprint-based triage.
  • Effective communication skills (verbal, written, presentation).

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with ML framework build systems — ONNX Runtime, ExecuTorch, or TFLite / LiteRT.
  • C/C++ build and debugging proficiency (CMake, Bazel, or equivalent).
  • Experience with Android NDK, cross-compilation and packaging / release logistics (Maven, Gradle, …)
  • Experience with Windows CI/CD pipelines and Windows ARM64 build toolchains.
  • Experience with Agile development environments.
  • Working knowledge of DL

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