Senior Engineer - Agents
Core
Own the Buildkite Agent, an open-source CI infrastructure component running on global engineering teams' machines and clouds, ensuring reliability for software shipped by over 1 billion people daily.
Role type
Senior IC Infrastructure Engineer (AI Agents & CI/CD)
Builds
The Buildkite Agent (open-source), CI/CD pipelines, and supporting infrastructure for global engineering teams.
Domain
Cloud-native infrastructure, CI/CD, and AI agents.
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Go, Ruby, Kubernetes, AWS, Terraform, PostgreSQL, React, GraphQL, incident management, feature ownership, rapid prototyping, observability design.
Preferred skills
Developer tooling experience, CI/CD background, public technical writing.
Technologies
Go, Ruby, Kubernetes, AWS, Terraform, PostgreSQL, React, GraphQL
Responsibilities
Ship small, iterative features end-to-end; handle incidents and prevent fires; rotate through support duties (Sweep); design for partial failures and reversibility; bring roadmap ideas; pair and review code.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC