Build System Engineer (Regular)

VirtusLab is a leading European software consulting and engineering company, home to over 350 EU-based professionals. Our mission is to craft clean code and practical solutions with precision and purpose. We foster a dynamic culture rooted in strong engineering, a sense of ownership, and transparency, empowering our team. As part of the expanding VirtusLab Group, we offer a compelling environment for those seeking to make a substantial impact in the software industry within a forward-thinking organization.

About the role

Project scope

This role is focused on a mixture of consult and dev-rel work around Bazel. This means a mix of:– doing Bazel migration– promoting Bazel and our expertise through conferences, meetups, blog posts, and Social Media– developing open source and internal solutions focused on Bazel– pre-sales and consultancy work– training and mentoring developers on Bazel

This role usually is connected with part-time work within other projects related to Bazel.

Tech stack

Bazel, Starlark, C++

Challenges

This position requires exceptional skills in multitasking. It requires a willingness to public speaking, write articles, and activity within Social Media or discussion forums (e.g., Bazel Slack). It requires a lot of initiative and creativity.

Team

2 developer advocate/experts.

What we expect in general

• 3+ years of experience in backend, devops, or platform engineering

• Some experience in developing solutions around building tools, maintaining CI/CD, and other aspects of SDLC

• Some experience of Bazel or at least one other build tool.

• Candidate should know well at least one ecosystem (JVM, C++, Rust, GoLang, NPM etc.)

• Communication skills and a pragmatic approach to problem-solving

• Ability to work as a part of a team 

• Pro-active approach to problem-solving, without hesitation in reaching out for help

• Being self-driven and self-managing tasks

A few perks of being with us

• Building tech community

• Flexible hybrid work model

• Home office reimbursement

• Language lessons

• MyBenefit points

• Private healthcare

• Training Package

• Virtusity / in-house training

• And a lot more!