Staff Bazel Engineer

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Onsite - Austin, TXPosted 15 days ago

Role Overview

Apptronik is hiring a Staff Bazel Engineer. This is a full-time role in Onsite - Austin. posted 2 weeks ago. Full responsibilities, required qualifications, and the apply link are listed in the description below.

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Job description

Apptronik is a human-centered robotics company developing AI-powered robots to support humanity in every facet of life. Our flagship humanoid robot, Apollo, is built to collaborate thoughtfully with people, starting with critical industries such as manufacturing and logistics, with future applications in healthcare, the home, and beyond.

We operate at the cutting edge of embodied AI, applying our expertise across the full robotics stack to solve some of society's most important problems. You will join a team dedicated to bringing Apollo to market at scale, tackling the complex challenges like safety, commercialization, and mass production to change the world for the better.

JOB SUMMARY

We are looking for a Staff Bazel Engineer to build and scale the systems that power how our software is built, tested, and delivered.

Our robotics platform spans multiple languages, platforms, and hardware targets. In this role, you will own and evolve our Bazel-based build infrastructure, enabling fast, reliable, and reproducible builds across a complex system.

You’ll partner closely with software, platform, and robotics teams to ensure our build systems keep pace with rapid development and real-world deployment.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES or KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

Own and evolve the Bazel build system across a multi-language robotics codebase
Design and implement scalable build infrastructure, including remote caching and remote execution
Develop and maintain Starlark rules, macros, and toolchains
Optimize build and test performance across local development and CI environments
Troubleshoot and resolve build failures, flaky tests, and dependency issues
Improve developer workflows both locally and on hardware to reduce friction in build and integration processes
Partner with engineering teams to onboard services and components to Bazel
Support and enhance CI/CD pipelines to ensure reliable and efficient releases
Establish and promote best practices for hermetic and reproducible builds
Collaborate and mentor other engineers on the team.

SKILLS AND REQUIREMENTS

Deep expertise and a proven track record of architecting, implementing and maintaining Bazel build systems at scale in production environments.
Mastery of build systems, dependency management, and CI/CD pipelines and developer tooling with the ability to define the long-term strategic vision for the build infrastructure.
Extensive experience designing, developing and maintaining complex Starlark rules, macros and toolchains to support diverse language ecosystems.
Proficiency in one or more core programming languages (e.g., C++, Python, Go, Java)
Demonstrated ability to drive significant improvements in the build and test performance, reliability and developer efficiency across a large, multi- platform codebase.
Exceptional troubleshooting and diagnostic skills to solve the most challenging and non-obvious issues within complex, distributed build environments
Strong technical leadership and influence skills, capable of driving alignment and adoption of best practices across multiple cross-functional engineering teams and actively mentoring junior and senior engineers.

Preferred:

Experience with remote execution systems (e.g., Bazel RBE, Buildbarn, BuildFarm)
Familiarity with robotics systems, embedded software, or hardware/software integration
Experience with containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes)
Knowledge of hermetic builds and reproducible systems

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field
At least 8+ years of experience in software engineering, build systems, or developer infrastructure, including hands-on experience with Bazel

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer
Must be able to lift 15 pounds at times
Vision to read printed materials and a computer screen
Hearing and speech to communicate

*This is a direct hire. Please, no outside Agency solicitations.

Apptronik provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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What does a Staff Bazel Engineer at Apptronik earn?

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When was the Staff Bazel Engineer role at Apptronik posted?

This role was posted on June 25, 2026 (15 days ago). It's still listed as actively hiring; we re-confirm openings against the source system multiple times per day and remove closed roles.