Software Engineer - Infrastructure

TL;DR

Software Engineer - Infrastructure: Maintain and optimize CI pipelines, build systems, and deployment tooling for a rapidly expanding fleet of satellites with an accent on developer velocity, reliability, and mission-critical responsiveness. Focus on scaling build systems, automating releases and monitoring, implementing metrics tracking, and leading productivity initiatives.

San Francisco

Base Salary $120,000 - $170,000 USD

Company

hirify.global builds advanced satellites for high orbits, providing dedicated secure networks to enterprises, governments, and the US military from its headquarters in Northern California.

What you will do

• Maintain and streamline CI pipelines integrating real and simulated hardware
• Introduce and optimize build tools and workflows to accelerate development
• Automate release, deployment, and monitoring for development and production
• Implement metrics and performance tracking across development, CI, production, and missions
• Lead initiatives to improve developer productivity and experience

Requirements

• 2+ years experience in Infrastructure and DevOps engineering
• Bachelor of Science in a related discipline (e.g. Computer Science, Information Technology)
• Proficiency with Python or other scripting language
• Experience scaling build systems such as Bazel, CMake, or Pants
• Strong experience with Linux
• Experience with CI tools such as Gitlab, Github, Jenkins, Tekton or others
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Highly motivated, self-starting, able to perform duties autonomously
• U.S. Citizenship, Lawful Permanent Residency, or Refugee/Asylee Status Required (to comply with U.S. Government space technology export regulations)

Nice to have

• Bazel build system
• Code coverage reporting
• AI tooling for developers
• Remote development environments
• Flaky test management and infrastructure

Culture & Benefits

• Equity via incentive stock options
• Company-subsidized healthcare, disability and life insurance
• 401(k) retirement planning
• Flexible PTO
• Free on-site catered meals