1X Technologies
Senior Build Engineer, Automated Build & Release
San Carlos, CA · Senior
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$3,149 more — $193,149 — moves this role to Level III and 3 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $193,149 would place this position at wage Level III. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Software Developers" for prevailing-wage purposes.
DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Software Developers (15-1252) · San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.
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About the role
- As our engineering organization scales, this team is critical to reducing developer friction, increasing release quality, and enabling rapid deployment of software to both simulation environments and physical robots.
- Strong systems thinking with experience designing reliable developer infrastructure for complex software environments.
Responsibilities
- We're building humanoid robots that work in home - doing the chores, handling the tasks, and giving people their time back.
- NEO is our flagship - a home robot designed to move, learn, and operate in the real world alongside real people.
- We're scaling, we're hiring with intention, and we need people who want to build something that will genuinely change how humans spend their time - safely creating abundance for all.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Strong programming experience in Python, Go, Bash, or similar scripting and automation languages.
- Experience supporting Linux-based development environments and distributed software engineering teams.
Skills
- Experience supporting robotics, embedded systems, autonomous vehicles, games, or other large-scale software platforms.
- Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
- Experience managing artifact repositories, package management, release orchestration, and deployment automation.
- Familiarity with cloud infrastructure platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
- Excellent software engineering skills with a focus on automation, scalability, and operational excellence.
Compensation
- $190,000 - $230,000 + Equity
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Generous paid time off, company holidays, and parental leave
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) and Health Savings Accounts (HSA) options
- Commuter benefits (transit and parking)
- Short-term and long-term disability, and life insurance
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for mental health, financial, and personal support
Company info
- Design and scale automated build and release pipelines that support rapid software delivery across the entire software stack (embedded to cloud).
- Improve build reliability, build performance, and deployment efficiency while reducing engineering downtime and release risk.
- Develop automated testing, artifact management, versioning, and release validation systems that ensure software quality before deployment.
- Partner with all software teams to standardize development workflows and improve engineering productivity.
- Establish scalable developer infrastructure, release governance, and CI/CD best practices that support the continued growth of 1X's engineering organization.
- Deep expertise building large-scale CI/CD, build automation, and release engineering systems.
- Strong understanding of software release lifecycle management across multiple platforms and engineering teams.
- Ability to lead technical initiatives and drive engineering productivity in a fast-paced startup environment.
- We've been at this since 2014 and we're at the point where the hard problems are behind us and the hard work is in front of us.
Equal opportunity
- 1X is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, medical condition, genetic information, disability, military or veteran status, justice system impact, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.
Visa & Work Authorization
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