Staff Software Engineer, On-Prem

Full-timeCA$195k–CA$265k2026-10-17 → 2026-11-10

Core

Designing and maintaining the self-hosted CI/CD platform (CircleCI Server) for customers with strict data residency and compliance requirements, including Kubernetes infrastructure, tooling, and release automation.

Role type

Staff Software Engineer (Platform/Infrastructure)

Builds

CircleCI Server (self-hosted CI/CD platform), internal tooling, test infrastructure, and release automation for engineering teams.

Domain

DevOps, CI/CD, Cloud Infrastructure, Kubernetes

Required skills

Kubernetes, Helm, Go, distributed systems, API design, data modelling, system design, technical leadership, on-premises/self-hosted software experience, observability (OpenTelemetry), AI-native engineering practices.

Preferred skills

Experience with air-gapped environments, restricted networks, enterprise on-prem deployments.

Technologies

Kubernetes, Helm, Go, OpenTelemetry, AI tools

Responsibilities

Set technical direction for tooling and release automation; simplify installation and upgrade experiences for customers; own the Kubernetes foundation and observability standards; partner with Product and Engineering Management on strategy; mentor engineers and raise quality bar across teams.

Seniority

Staff, strategic technical leadership & hands-on IC

About CircleCI

CircleCI is the world’s largest continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) platform, and the hub where code moves from idea to delivery. As one of the most-used DevOps tools - processing more than 3 million jobs a day - CircleCI has unique access to data on how the most effective engineering teams work, and the tools to help software companies successfully leverage the power of AI into their commercial applications. Companies like Hinge, HuggingFace, and Samsung use us to improve engineering team productivity, release better products, and get to market faster.