RAI Institute ยท 5 months ago
Senior Build Engineer
Cambridge, MA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
7+ years expThe Robotics and AI Institute is dedicated to solving fundamental challenges in AI and Robotics. The Senior Build Engineer will develop, support, and maintain the build system and continuous integration processes, ensuring a stable codebase and efficient builds, while collaborating with various teams to integrate software and manage dependencies.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Information TechnologyRobotics
Responsibilities
Design, develop, and maintain a company-wide build system and continuous integration (CI) infrastructure for both internal and external repositories, ensuring reliable and reproducible builds
Collaborate with research and development teams to integrate software and third-party libraries into the build system
Drive release engineering efforts, including packaging, deployment, and version management
Maintain and evolve version control workflows, ensuring efficient branching, merging, and code review processes
Troubleshoot and resolve build failures, dependency conflicts, and CI-related issues
Implement and optimize build pipelines for speed, reliability, and scalability
Manage and maintain build artifacts, ensuring they are reproducible, versioned, and easily accessible
Develop and maintain automated testing frameworks within the CI pipeline to ensure code quality
Monitor, profile, and improve build performance (e.g., incremental build times, cache effectiveness, dependency graph complexity)
Provide informal technical leadership within the build, CI domain and developer experience, sharing best practices, reviewing code, and mentoring junior engineers or researchers who interact with the build system
Qualification
Required
BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent experience
7+ years of experience in software development. 3+ years of experience in Linux build/release engineering
Strong experience with build automation tools (e.g., Bazel, CMake, Colcon), including deep understanding of compilation pipelines, dependency graphs, and build system performance tuning
Experience with modern C++ (C++17 or later) and Python, particularly in the context of building, linking, and packaging large code bases
Experience with dependency management tools (e.g., pip, poetry). Knowledge of Debian packaging systems
Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Strong documentation practices for build processes and CI/CD pipelines
A collaborative mindset, with interest in mentoring others and supporting team-wide growth in build and CI expertise
Preferred
Experience with GitHub Enterprise, Google Artifact Registry, or other artifact management platforms including artifact versioning, traceability, and reproducibility best practices
Hands on experience with ROS/ROS2 in a robotics environment
Familiarity with Kubernetes and container orchestration, particularly as it relates to managing builds and deployments of complex systems
Familiarity with cross-compilation and build systems for embedded systems or specialized hardware
Background in real-time systems, with exposure to deterministic build requirements and RTOS-specific build workflows
Company
RAI Institute
We aim to solve the most important and fundamental problems in robotics and AI. (Formerly The AI Institute)
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Alfred Rizzi
Chief Technology Officer
Amanda Donahue
Executive Assistant to Chief Technology Officer
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