Senior Build Engineer

Joby Aviation

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Santa Cruz, California

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CONTRACTOR

Updated 09/09/2026

Job Description

Job Summary

Company Overview

Imagine a piloted air taxi that takes off vertically, then quietly carries you and your fellow passengers over the congested city streets below, enabling you to spend more time with the people and places that matter most. At Joby, weve been working to make that dream a reality since 2009 and were now in the final stages of certifying our aircraft with the FAA. With plans to launch our aircraft in the US and Dubai, were now scaling manufacturing and preparing for the launch of our commercial service.

Overview

As a member of the DevOps team, you ensure that the developers have a stable and state-of-the art development environment that supports Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI / CD). The team combines the knowledge of our internal infrastructure, development tools, and modern development practices having an immeasurable impact on the effectiveness and productivity of the software development teams. The goal of the DevOps team is to continuously optimize the software development, testing, and deployment cycle. Activities range widely; development tooling configuration, setting up & enhancing continuous Integration pipelines, performance monitoring, maintenance, support, and application life cycle management.

Responsibilities

Develop and continuously improve automation solutions to enable teams to build and deploy code efficiently and consistently

Provide guidance to development teams to improve performance and operability of the solutions they develop

Develop or setup tools for monitoring, alerting, logging, and visualization

Establish metrics such as key performance indicators of the development process

Promote DevOps principles and culture across the software engineering organization

Required

Strong problem solving and analytical skills with the ability to effectively identify, analyze, and resolve challenges using various techniques and strategies

Expertise with one or more build systems such CMake, Bazel, Buck, Ninja, or Meson; CMake preferred

Expertise writing automation using multiple scripting/programming languages such as C, C++, Python, Ruby, Java, Kotlin, or JavaScript

Expertise with development on Linux based operating systems

Bachelors Degree or equivalent experience; degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or related field preferred and 5+ years of experience in the software industry. An advanced degree and 3+ years of will also be considered

Desired

Expertise using container and orchestration technologies such as Docker, Docker Swarm, Kubernetes, Mesos, AWS ECS, or Azure Container Instances

Expertise administering critical services such as any of the services mentioned here, and also GitHub, Artifactory, or Nexus

Expertise with one or more metrics, monitoring and alerting tools such as Grafana, Cloudwatch, New Relic, Google Cloud Operations, or Splunk

Expertise with Continuous Integration platforms such as TeamCity, GitHub Actions, or Jenkins

Expertise managing Cloud Infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code and configuration-as-code using tools such as Terraform or Ansible

Familiar with DO-178C, Software Considerations in Airborne Systems and Equipment Certification

Additional Information

Compensation at Joby is a combination of base pay and Restricted Stock Units (RSUs). The target base pay for this position is $125,600 - $202,800/yr. The compensation package will be determined by job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Joby also offers a comprehensive benefits package, including paid time off, healthcare benefits, a 401(k) plan with a company match, an employee stock purchase plan (ESPP), short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, and more.

Joby is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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