Northwood Space
Build and Release Engineer (DevOps)
$130K–$197K
Torrance, CA · Full-time · Posted Oct 20, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years in build engineering, DevOps, CI/CD, developer productivity, or platform engineering.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
About the job
Own and improve the build systems, CI pipelines, developer environments, and release automation used by Northwood’s engineering teams.
What you'll do
- Maintain reproducible, efficient builds and reusable CI pipelines across cloud, embedded, and FPGA targets.
- Create developer environments and automate release promotion, artifact signing, and supply-chain checks.
- Measure build and CI performance, resolve recurring issues, and use productivity metrics to guide tooling improvements.
What they ask for
- 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 for a multi-team codebase; proficiency in Python and shell scripting, and ability to read and build Rust or C/C++ projects.
- Solid understanding of containers, Linux, and Git workflows, with demonstrated ability to diagnose and fix slow or unreliable builds.
Nice to have
- Production experience with Nix, OCI, and hermetic build systems.
- Experience with cross-compilation and embedded or FPGA toolchains.
Pay
$130K – $197K (USD; base salary or total pay not specified)
Tools
GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Buildkite, Python, Rust, C/C++, Nix, OCI
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