Sr Staff, Software Engineer

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design and modernization of our build systems and CI/CD pipelines, focusing on scalability, reliability, and ease of use while balancing current needs with future goals.
• Develop and drive adoption of best practices for source control, dependency management, build processes, and deployment pipelines across the organization.
• Champion the adoption of generative AI tools and intelligent automation to enable an agentic software development lifecycle.
• Participate in an on-call rotation to support our build and deploy systems.
• Provide technical guidance, documentation, and training to help teams adopt and effectively use the tools and platforms you support.
• Monitor and improve the performance, reliability, and usability of development tools, incorporating feedback from users across the organization.

Requirements

• 7+ years of software engineering experience, with a focus on build engineering and CI/CD, or equivalent experience.
• Proficiency in at least one programming language (e.g., Java, Python, Go) and comfortable working across different types of languages as needed.
• Deep expertise in Git and source control best practices.
• Proficiency with modern CI/CD tools such as GitHub, GitHub Actions, GitHub Copilot, Artifactory, and SonarQube.
• Extensive experience with Docker and Kubernetes in large-scale production environments.
• Well-versed in major cloud platforms and infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform, Chef), with a track record of improving build and deployment processes at scale.
• Significant experience leading projects and mentoring in a distributed team environment.
• Passionate about developer experience and making complex workflows simpler, faster, and more reliable.
• Strong understanding of modern software development practices and excitement about AI and automation in software building.
• Skilled at collaborating across teams and translating developer needs into scalable platform solutions.
• Pride in building intuitive, well-documented, and widely adopted tools.

Nice to Have

• Experience with AI tools and automation in software development.
• Experience working in large-scale production environments.
• Knowledge of infrastructure as code tools like Terraform or Chef.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering experience, with a focus on build engineering and CI/CD.

Benefits & Perks

• Merchandise discount for our brands: 50% off regular-priced merchandise at Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic and Athleta, and 30% off at Outlet for all employees.
• One of the most competitive Paid Time Off plans in the industry.
• Employees can take up to five 'on the clock' hours each month to volunteer at a charity of their choice.
• Extensive 401(k) plan with company matching for contributions up to four percent of an employee's base pay.
• Employee stock purchase plan.
• Medical, dental, vision and life insurance.