HubSpot

Principal Software Engineer, Developer Acceleration (Release Engineering)

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1 month ago
Remote, IrelandStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Shape the technical direction of HubSpot’s build, test, and deployment systems.
  • Drive architectural decisions across pipeline design, test infrastructure, deployment orchestration, and developer ergonomics.
  • Design and implement AI-powered QA agents that run on every deploy.
  • Lead complex infrastructure initiatives from conception through rollout.
  • Rethink build systems, testing infrastructure, and deployment pipelines for large-scale software delivery.
  • Drive the roadmap toward 500+ deploys per minute by identifying and eliminating delivery-pipeline bottlenecks.
  • Influence cross-team technical tradeoffs, configuration and change management, and platform architecture.
  • Provide technical mentorship and raise the architectural bar through design reviews and principled decision-making.

Requirements

  • Deep experience building and evolving large-scale distributed systems, particularly in CI/CD, build infrastructure, release engineering, or foundational backend platforms.
  • Strong architectural judgment focused on simplicity, clarity, and long-term platform leverage.
  • Experience operating at hyperscaler or platform-provider scale.
  • A track record of owning and delivering complex, cross-team technical initiatives with organization-wide or company-level impact.
  • A hands-on engineering approach involving building, debugging, reviewing, and shipping production systems.
  • Ability to quickly enter unfamiliar technical areas, reason from first principles, and guide long-term technical decisions.

Benefits

  • Remote or office work options are available, with required in-person onboarding at a regional HubSpot office for Engineering team members.
  • HubSpot provides accommodation support for candidates who need alternative arrangements due to travel limitations or other reasons.
  • Engineering employees may participate in additional in-person events and team or company gatherings as applicable.

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About HubSpot

10,000+ employees

HubSpot builds a cloud-based CRM platform with marketing automation, sales, customer service, content management, and operations tools for businesses, especially SMBs. It sells freemium and subscription SaaS plans with add-ons and a marketplace of integrations. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the public company (NYSE: HUBS) reports serving more than 250,000 customers globally.

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