Staff Software Engineer, Developer Experience - Bazel

Saildroneinc

Alameda, CA, United States
Base: $176,400 - $226,800 usd; bonus/equity: equit...
Hybrid (3 days onsite)
Bazel build system expertise
Large-scale polyglot monorepo
Build performance optimization
Saildrone, a leader in autonomous unmanned surface vehicles, is seeking a Staff Software Engineer focused on Developer Experience with a strong emphasis on Bazel to enhance their build systems. The role requires significant hands-on experience and people management skills, with a hybrid work model requiring three days onsite in Alameda, CA

Job Summary

  • Serve as a technical leader responsible for driving the adoption, scalability, and health of our Bazel-based build system within our large-scale polyglot monorepo.
  • Lead efforts to onboard new languages, toolchains, and teams onto Bazel, including writing custom rules, macros, and toolchain configurations using Starlark.
  • Manage one direct report, providing regular 1:1s, career development guidance, and performance feedback, while also serving as the internal subject matter expert on Bazel.

Matching Summary

Match Score: 85

Saildrone, a leader in autonomous unmanned surface vehicles, is seeking a Staff Software Engineer focused on Developer Experience with a strong emphasis on Bazel to enhance their build systems. The role requires significant hands-on experience and people management skills, with a hybrid work model requiring three days onsite in Alameda, CA.

Salary

Base: $176,400 - $226,800 USD; Bonus/Equity: Equity grants; Benefits: Comprehensive benefits package

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Bazel build system expertise
  • Large-scale polyglot monorepo
  • Build performance optimization
  • CI/CD systems and DevOps
  • Starlark for custom rules
  • Remote caching and execution

Nice-to-have

  • Open-source Bazel contributions
  • Gazelle, rules_go, rules_js
  • Buck2 or Pants familiarity
  • Build system migration experience

Key Requirements

  • 8+ years software engineering experience
  • 1+ years people management experience
  • Hybrid work environment (3 days onsite)

Work Rights

Not specified

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