Software Engineer - Build & Release
Xona Space Systems5 months ago
Burlingame, CA, USAMid Level
Base Salary
$120k - $150k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, maintain, and optimize cross-platform build systems with CMake and Bazel.
- Manage GCC and Clang toolchains, dependency graphs, third-party libraries, and internal package management.
- Own and scale CI/CD workflows for large-scale C++ applications.
- Diagnose and optimize compilation and linking bottlenecks through caching, parallelization, and distributed builds.
- Support cross-compilation across x86 and ARM architectures.
- Support testing in Docker-based and QEMU-emulated environments.
- Write Python and Bash tooling for environment provisioning, static analysis, and artifact generation.
- Improve modular architecture, dependency management, build reliability, and reproducible release environments with C++ developers.
Requirements
- At least 3 years of experience focused on Build/Release Engineering, Developer Infrastructure, or DevOps for complex C++ codebases.
- Advanced proficiency with CMake and GNU Make/Ninja.
- Strong Linux shell and Bash scripting skills.
- Strong understanding of the C++ build, compilation, and linking lifecycle.
- Familiarity with C++17, C++20, and C++23.
- Experience managing transitive dependencies and modular build targets in Linux-based development environments.
- Experience with Embedded Linux build systems such as Yocto or Buildroot is preferred.
- Experience with QEMU, Docker, GitLab CI, distributed build systems such as Bazel remote execution, linker internals, binary analysis, and static or dynamic analysis tooling is preferred.
- Background in embedded software development and/or aerospace systems is preferred.
Benefits
- U.S. roles require applicants to be U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, or other protected individuals under 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3).
- U.K. roles require BPSS checks and eligibility to obtain UK Security Clearance (SC).
- Canada roles require reliability-status security clearance and eligibility for the Canadian Controlled Goods Program and ITAR.
- Xona is committed to diversity and an inclusive workplace.
About Xona Space Systems
Xona Space Systems builds a low Earth orbit positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) satellite constellation, branded Pulsar, to deliver centimeter-level accuracy and secure timing to devices and infrastructure worldwide. The company provides PNT signals and integrations for sectors such as autonomous systems, defense, and industrial IoT. Privately held and headquartered in Burlingame, California, it targets GPS compatibility and notes U.S. export-control eligibility requirements for many roles.