Senior Build Systems & Pipeline Engineer

Adobe

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Work type: On-site
Location: San Jose
Salary: $208,300–$301,600 / yr
Posted: 1 day ago

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About Adobe

Adobe Inc. is a global software company known for creative and multimedia software products including Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, and its cloud-based Creative Cloud and Document Cloud suites. Industry: Creative & Digital Experience Software

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TL;DR · Senior Build Systems & Pipeline Engineer

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As a Senior Build Systems & Pipeline Engineer at Adobe Express, you will join a dynamic team focused on scaling development infrastructure across web, services, iOS, and Android platforms. Your role involves designing and maintaining high-performance build systems and CI/CD pipelines to enhance developer productivity and reliability. You will work closely with various engineering teams to optimize Bazel-based builds for performance and reliability, develop automated test pipelines using Buildkite or GitLab, and improve observability through metrics and telemetry. Additionally, you will integrate modern AI-assisted development workflows to streamline testing, debugging, and code quality, contributing to long-term platform strategy around intelligent automation and developer velocity. Essential skills include deep expertise with Bazel, experience in cloud-native infrastructure, proficiency in languages like Python or Rust, and a strong understanding of system observability and operational health analysis.

Skills

Bazel Buildkite GitLab Python Rust Kotlin Swift TypeScript CI/CD Docker Prometheus Grafana AWS Azure GitHub Copilot AI-assisted development tools Cloud-native infrastructure System observability Metric monitoring Telemetry Tracing Remote caching Distributed build systems Monorepo tooling Release automation Deployment orchestration

What you'll do

Design and maintain scalable build systems for multi-platform codebases using Bazel.
Develop and optimize CI/CD pipelines with platforms like Buildkite and GitLab.
Enhance observability through metrics, telemetry, dashboards, and pipeline health analysis.
Streamline developer workflows by improving build performance and release velocity.
Integrate AI-assisted development tools to enhance productivity and code quality.

What we're looking for

6+ years of experience in build systems, CI/CD infrastructure, or developer platform engineering
Deep expertise with Bazel build systems in large-scale production environments
Strong experience designing and operating dynamic pipelines using platforms such as Buildkite
Experience supporting large-scale web and mobile application development environments
Proficiency in one or more programming languages like Python, Rust, Kotlin, Swift, or TypeScript
Strong understanding of system observability, metrics, monitoring, telemetry, tracing, and operational health analysis
Practical experience with modern AI-assisted software engineering workflows and tools

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