Senior Software Build & Release Engineer

Location: Onsite in Pittsburgh, PA, United States. Must be a U.S. person as defined by ITAR and eligible to obtain required export authorizations.

Company

hirify.global is a space, defense, and national security technology company developing mission-critical solutions from ground to space.

What you will do

• Own release engineering end to end for flight and ground software, from pipeline architecture through final software package generation.
• Design and evolve GitFlow-based branching and release strategies with release branches, automated semantic versioning, and promotion gates for alpha builds, release candidates, and releases.
• Build and maintain GitLab CI/CD pipelines that compile, test, version, publish, and deploy software; triage infrastructure failures and regressions.
• Integrate automated and manual test campaigns into the release process with clear, auditable test records for every build.
• Deploy and operate on-premises GitLab, GitLab Runners, Slurm HPC clusters, Jira, Confluence, Harbor, and MinIO.
• Own Linux-based spacecraft flat-sat platforms, build Python tooling and custom Docker containers with test engineers, and set build, test, and release standards across software teams.

Requirements

• 5+ years of DevOps, build, or release engineering experience supporting robotics, spacecraft, embedded, or other mission-critical systems.
• Hands-on ownership of GitLab CI/CD, including pipelines, runners, package registry, and releases.
• Strong Python skills for pipeline automation, release tooling, scripting, and pytest-based test frameworks.
• Experience with Bazel for multi-language C++/Python builds, remote caching, or migrating projects from Make/CMake.
• Experience with Docker and Make/CMake build systems.
• Experience designing or significantly shaping branching and release strategies, including GitFlow, release branches, semantic versioning, and promotion gates.
• Solid Linux administration experience deploying and maintaining self-hosted engineering services.
• Ability to serve as the primary or sole infrastructure owner, covering architecture and hands-on implementation.
• Must be a U.S. person as defined by ITAR.

Nice to have

• Working proficiency in C++, particularly for build, test, and packaging work.
• Experience running simulation or compute workloads on Slurm HPC clusters.
• Experience with container registries and object storage, including Harbor and MinIO.
• Prior experience in ITAR/CUI-controlled environments.
• Informal technical leadership experience, such as mentoring engineers or driving cross-team adoption of tooling and processes.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible Time Off to support rest and work-life balance.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and families, with a significant portion of premiums covered and many benefits paid at 100% for employees.
• Flexible gym memberships with more than 12,700 options nationwide and on-demand workout videos.
• 401(k) plan with a 50% company match on contributions up to 8%.
• Wellness programs, voluntary benefits, employee support resources, and an innovative mission-driven environment.