Software Engineer, CI/CD
Join Neuralink as a Software Engineer to design and scale CI/CD platforms for groundbreaking brain-computer interface technologies.
Posted by employer 3 months ago
First seen on Joblaze 1 week ago
Last verified on the company career page 1 day ago
Skills & Technologies
Requirements
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
Not disclosed in this posting: years of experience, work arrangement, visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In this role, the Software Engineer for CI/CD at Neuralink will focus on designing and scaling a continuous integration and deployment platform that supports various engineering teams. Key skills include expertise in Bazel, Kubernetes, and GitLab CI, along with a strong background in UNIX systems and reproducible build environments. This position is ideal for someone with significant experience in build systems and CI tooling, particularly in complex environments. The Infrastructure Team plays a crucial role in ensuring the reliability and efficiency of systems that support groundbreaking brain-computer interface technology.
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Quick facts
- What's the salary range?
- Neuralink lists $123,000–$216,000 for this role.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AWS, Bazel, Darwin, Fedora, GitLab CI, Kubernetes.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Neuralink targets mid-level candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Software Engineer, CI/CD role at Neuralink.
From the original posting
About Neuralink:
We are creating devices that enable a bi-directional interface with the brain. These devices allow us to restore movement to the paralyzed, restore sight to the blind, and revolutionize how humans interact with their digital world.
Team Description:
The Infrastructure Team builds the foundation that enables the company to operate safely, robustly, and move at light-speed. We run a mixture of cloud-based and on-prem systems and have a user base spanning from highly technically proficient engineers to non-technical scientists and doctors; but all of them need solid systems, rugged networking, and bullet-proof software to do their jobs.
Job Responsibilities and Description:
As a Software Engineer, CICD you will integrate tightly with teams across the company, and span all layers of the work environment stack, from deployment of physical hardware on the manufacturing line, to custom tooling to stream neural recordings from implants. You will:
- Design and scale the CI/CD platform that enables engineering teams to ship safely and quickly across verticals including, but not limited to, Brain Implant, Surgical Robot, BCI App, Clinical, Full-stack services and infrastructure
- Own the software/firmware build tooling at scale. This includes remote caching, remote execution, target identification and selection, etc.
- Operate and scale a runner fleet spanning on-prem and cloud clusters, cover multiple hardware platforms including Mac, Linux, Embedded devices and Hardware-in-the-loop fixtures
- Maintain reproducible build and CI environments with Nix
- Instrument CI health with Prometheus metrics, Grafana dashboards, and automated alerting to maintain high signal-to-noise on pipeline reliability
- Reduce developer cycle time through pre-commit tooling, caching strategies, test sharding, and build graph optimization
Tech Stack:
- Rust, Python
- Terraform
- Bazel and Nix
- Kubernetes
- GitLab CI
- AWS
- Darwin, Ubuntu, Fedora
Required Qualifications:
- Deep experience operating Bazel, or similar hermetic build systems
- Hands-on experience operating Kubernetes
- Production experience with GitLab CI (or comparable CI platform), including pipeline architecture, runner fleet management, and custom executor integrations
- Expertise in operating UNIX systems, including Linux and Mac
- Familiarity with Nix for reproducible environments, or equivalent experience ensuring hermetic, cacheable builds
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, a related field, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience
Preferred Qualifications:
- Familiarity with hardware in the loop testing setups
- Experience working with build system and CI tooling in a monorepo context
Expected Compensation:
The anticipated base salary for this position is expected to be within the following range. Your actual base pay will be determined by your job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. We also believe in aligning our employees’ success with the company's long-term growth. As such, in addition to base salary, Neuralink offers equity compensation (in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSU)) for all full-time employees.
What We Offer:
Full-time employees are eligible for the following benefits listed below.
- An opportunity to change the world and work with some of the smartest and most talented experts from different fields
- Growth potential; we rapidly advance team members who have an outsized impact
- Excellent medical, dental, and vision insurance through a PPO plan
- Paid holidays
- Commuter benefits
- Meals provided
- Equity (RSUs) *Temporary Employees & Interns excluded
- 401(k) plan *Interns initially excluded until they work 1,000 hours
- Parental leave *Temporary Employees & Interns excluded
- Flexible time off *Temporary Employees & Interns excluded
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