Klaviyo

Lead Software Engineer, CICD

Klaviyo
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Boston, MA, USAStaff+
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$176k - $264k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Define the architectural vision and long-term strategy for CI/CD pipelines and frameworks across backend and frontend systems.
  • Architect reliable deployment and rollback workflows with appropriate security, efficiency, compliance, and automated testing standards.
  • Establish repository standards and engineering benchmarks for pull requests, cycle time, velocity, code quality, and systemic reliability.
  • Design and build scalable tooling to improve CI/CD adoption and coverage across teams and repositories.
  • Lead efforts to apply AI within the CI/CD lifecycle and accelerate software development.
  • Consult with feature teams on complex engineering challenges and implement organization-wide improvements based on incident root-cause analysis.
  • Oversee the health, performance, and stability of the company-wide CI/CD environment.

Requirements

  • At least 7 years of software engineering experience and a history of leading complex, high-impact technical projects.
  • Hands-on technical leadership experience with the ability to remain close to the code while setting broader architectural direction.
  • Strong root-cause analysis, deep-stack debugging, and systemic failure prevention skills.
  • Experience designing scalable systems across the stack, including React-based dashboards and Python services.
  • Passion for applying AI to software quality and accelerating the software development lifecycle.
  • Experience experimenting with AI in professional or personal projects and willingness to learn new AI tools and workflows responsibly.
  • Strong ownership of platform health, technical debt, and engineering excellence.
  • Deep experience with modern CI/CD tools and automated testing in high-frequency deployment pipelines.

Benefits

  • Base salary range is $176,000–$264,000 USD, with potential bonus, equity, sign-on payments, and health, welfare, and wellbeing benefits based on eligibility.
  • The role may require up to 10% travel, coordinated in advance, for onboarding, client or partner work, team meetings, and industry events.
  • Klaviyo provides accommodations as needed and supports responsible AI use.

Tech Stack

Apache KafkaAWSBuildkiteCypressDjangoGoHelmJavaScriptJestKubernetesMySQLpytestPythonReactRedisTerraformTypeScript

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About Klaviyo

1,001-5,000 employees

Klaviyo builds a subscription SaaS platform that lets e-commerce and consumer brands use first-party data to run targeted email, SMS, and push campaigns, with built-in automation and analytics. The product also includes B2C CRM features for segmentation, A/B testing, and customer lifecycle workflows. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Boston, it is a public company (NYSE: KVYO) used by brands such as Mattel and Glossier.

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