• 8+ years experience, with work on large-scale build systems preferred
• 3+ years of experience leading and driving large-scale, cross-team initiatives
• Experience working on developer tooling, build systems, C++, etc
• Experience working with compiler toolchain integrations (clang, gcc, nvcc, etc)
• Experience leading projects across multiple teams
• Attention to detail, and a desire to improve processes & systems around you
• Deep understanding of the business and operational impact for different technology tradeoffs
• Passionate about self-driving technology and its potential impact on the world

Desirable

• Build Platform owns creating the build system and tooling that supports our AV and AI developers. We use Bazel in front of an in-house Remote Bazel Executor (RBE) and Content Addressable Storage (CAS) to provide a premier build experience at Cruise
• Our team is constantly on the lookout for optimizations and new tooling that improves our product
• Cruise AV developers are heavy users of C++. We are responsible for the toolchains, workflows, and tools that allow them to quickly write code with high quality
• We work with compilers, toolchains, dynamic/static analyzers, docker, and other tools to reliably build, test, and run AV code. Improvements and optimizations by Build Platform have outsized impacts on the pace of Cruise development
• Design and implement improvements to our Python development ecosystem and workflows, which have a measurable and direct impact on engineering productivity
• Collaborate with engineers across the company to understand and support their development workflows
• Own technical projects from start to finish and be responsible for major technical decisions and tradeoffs
• Lead complex projects that span teams, with many partners and customers
• Effectively participate in planning, code reviews, and design discussions
• Contribute impactful projects to the team’s roadmap
• Thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative work environment where impact is a result of your efforts and where your contribution is highly visible
• Drive software engineering best practices both within our team and across engineering. Create tooling that encourages and supports these practices
• Mentoring and up-leveling other engineers on the team
• Conduct technical interviews with well-calibrated standards and play a crucial role in recruiting activities
• Be a positive contributor to our team culture