[Hiring] Senior DevOps/Build System Engineer @Acronis

Role Description

Acronis is looking for a candidate who will be responsible for the build system and build infrastructure of a large, complex software product.

• Own, design and evolve the build system for a product assembled from a large number of interdependent components written in several programming languages.
• Build and maintain the build pipelines end to end:
  • Isolated and reproducible builds
  • Dependency and version management
  • Build agents and build farms
  • Artifact repositories and caching
• Assemble and validate release deliverables: packages, images and installation artifacts, and the repositories they are distributed from, for several supported release lines maintained in parallel.
• Build and operate the release pipeline:
  • Automated build validation and regression gating
  • Artifact signing
  • Promotion between channels
  • Publishing and rollback procedures around a release
• Keep the product buildable through toolchain and dependency upgrades:
  • Resolve compiler, library and dependency conflicts
  • Maintain build definitions and downstream patches
• Maintain traceability of everything we ship:
  • Versioning and changelogs
  • Artifact provenance
  • License and SBOM data
  • Integration points for security scanning and audits
• Automate build tooling, release steps and the provisioning of build environments in Python and shell.
• Support developers and QA day to day:
  • Fast self-service builds of branches and merge requests
  • Quick diagnosis of build and packaging failures
  • Unblocking people whose work is stuck behind the build
• Extend CI/CD coverage:
  • Validation on every commit
  • Promotion of artifacts between environments
  • Integration of automated test suites into release gating
• Own the build infrastructure itself:
  • Build hosts and builder images
  • Artifact storage
  • Capacity planning
• Investigate complex and intermittent build failures and drive them from root cause to a permanent fix.
• Leverage AI-assisted engineering tools for development, code and log analysis, debugging, root-cause investigation and technical research.
• Document the build and release processes for reproducibility.
• Maintain clear communication with the development lead on build and release status, risks, dependencies and critical issues.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in build, release or DevOps engineering for complex software products.
• Strong CI/CD engineering: Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions or comparable.
• Solid experience with software packaging and the distribution of binary artifacts on Linux.
• Ability to read, fix and take over build definitions written by other teams across multiple languages and build tools.
• Deep understanding of dependency and version management, reproducible and hermetic builds.
• Solid Python and shell scripting for build tooling and release automation.
• Strong Linux systems knowledge, plus containers and configuration management tooling.
• Confident with Git and with branching and release models in a product that maintains several releases at once.
• Experience delivering updates to already installed software is a strong advantage.
• Familiarity with software supply chain practices.
• Experience scaling a build system is a strong advantage.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
• AI-assisted engineering experience is mandatory.
• Demonstrated ability to treat the build as a product that the rest of engineering depends on.
• Excellent English communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Flexible spending accounts (FSA)
• Disability and life insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match
• Generous vacation policy