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# Senior Software Build & Release Engineer

- **Company:** Voyager Technologies, Inc.
- **Location:** Pittsburgh, PA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $126,880.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Confluence, JIRA, Automation of Tests, C++ (Programming Language), CMake, Linux, DevOps, Python (Programming Language), Linux System Administration, Software Engineering, Management of Software Versions, Scripting, Enterprise Software Applications, Delivery Pipeline, Caching, Gitlab, Build Management, Pytest, Gitlab-ci, Git Flow, Deployment Automation, Build Tools, Slurm, Hardware Infrastructure, Docker
- **Published:** October 18, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.jofdav.com/jobs/60184825-senior-software-build-release-engineer

## About the Role

* 5+ years of DevOps, build, or release engineering experience supporting robotics, spacecraft, embedded, or other mission-critical systems.
 * Hands-on ownership of GitLab CI/CD, including pipelines, runners, package registry, and releases.
 * Strong Python skills for pipeline automation, release tooling, scripting, and pytest-based test frameworks.
 * Experience with Bazel, particularly for multi-language (C++/Python) builds, remote caching, or migrating existing projects from Make/CMake.
 * Experience with Docker and with Make/CMake build systems.
 * A track record of designing or significantly shaping branching and release strategies, such as GitFlow, release branches, semantic versioning, and promotion gates.
 * Solid Linux administration experience, including deploying and maintaining self-hosted engineering services.
 * Comfort as the primary or sole owner of infrastructure, responsible for both architecture and hands-on implementation.
 * Must be a U.S. person as defined by ITAR., * Working proficiency in C++, particularly around build, test, and packaging.
 * Experience running simulation or compute workloads on HPC clusters (Slurm).
 * Experience with container registries and object storage (Harbor, MinIO).
 * Prior work in ITAR/CUI-controlled environments.
 * Informal technical leadership experience, such as mentoring engineers or driving cross-team adoption of tooling and process.

## Description

* Own release engineering end to end for flight and ground software, from pipeline architecture through final software package generation.
 * Design and evolve the branching and release strategy. This includes a GitFlow-based model with release branches, automated semantic versioning, and promotion gates that define what qualifies as an alpha build, release candidate, or release.
 * Build and maintain GitLab CI/CD pipelines that compile, test, version, publish, and deploy software. You'll triage and resolve infrastructure-related failures and regressions.
 * Integrate automated and manual test campaigns into the release process so every build has a clear, auditable test record.
 * Deploy and operate on-premises infrastructure for critical engineering services, including GitLab and GitLab Runners, Slurm HPC clusters, Jira, Confluence, Harbor, and MinIO.
 * Own Linux-based spacecraft flat-sat platforms. You'll work with test engineers to build Python tooling and custom Docker containers for automated deployment and testing.
 * Set engineering standards for build, test, and release practices across software teams.