Build and Tools Engineer
MistThis role has been designed as ‘Hybrid’ with an expectation that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office.
Who We Are:
Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.
Job Description:
We are seeking a skilled and motivated Build and Tools Engineer to join our team. In this role, you will design, develop, and maintain the build infrastructure and tooling that powers JunOS software development at scale. You will partner with distributed engineering teams to drive build reliability, reproducibility, and performance — enabling developers to ship faster with greater confidence.
Education and Experience Required
- Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Information Systems, or equivalent
- Typically, 2–4 years of relevant experience
Responsibilities
- Design and implement modern distributed build tooling and caching mechanisms to reduce CI build times from hours to minutes; actively diagnose and remediate cache failures, misses, and cache poisoning
- Continuously analyze build scan data to identify trends and recurring failure modes, shielding developers from costly context switching
- Diagnose non-hermetic and non-deterministic build behavior and develop defensive mechanisms to prevent future occurrences
- Tune and optimize builds for the unique constraints of containerized and cloud-native environments
- Serve as a governing authority on tool usage across teams, defining and enforcing best practices for clean, reproducible, large-scale builds
- Continuously upgrade systems and align build infrastructure with the latest ecosystem best practices
Knowledge and Skills
- Strong programming experience in Python and C/C++/Rust
- Proficient in Linux/Bash/Python scripting with Linux as a primary development environment
- Deep domain expertise in DevOps and extensive knowledge of C/C++ build systems and tools (CMake, Make, Bazel)
- Strong Git skills, including repo tools, submodules, and git-lfs
- Knowledge of compiler toolchains (GCC, Clang) and cross-compilation workflows
- Proven experience managing build architecture at massive scale (e.g., hundreds of thousands of builds)
- Working knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Ansible, Terraform, and similar
Preferred Qualifications
- Exposure to artifact management platforms (JFrog Artifactory) and container/orchestration technologies such as Kubernetes and Docker
- Familiarity with AI-assisted development tooling such as Copilot, Cursor, or Claude Code
Relocation support is provided for eligible candidates
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What We Can Offer You:
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Unconditional Inclusion
We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.
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