Hiring: Staff Android Software Engineer - Build and Release Company: Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies Location: Palo Alto, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 11:57:09 Employment Type: Full-time Target Skills & Keywords : Android, Bash, Bazel, Buck, CI/CD, Docker, Git, GitLab CI, Gradle, Linux, Podman, Python About the job Required Skills: •Take full ownership of Android CI pipelines, providing immediate, daily support for outages and breakages. •Implement or develop modern distributed caching mechanisms to ensure CI builds happen in minutes instead of hours, and actively diagnose cache failures, misses, or poison. •Continuously profile build scans to identify trends and common failure modes, buffering developers from context switching. •Diagnose non-hermetic and non-deterministic behavior within builds and invent defensive mechanisms to prevent future occurrences. •Tune builds specifically for the unique constraints imposed by containerization and cloud environments. •Act as a governing body over tool use across teams, defining best practices for clean, sane builds at a large scale. •Continuously upgrade systems and align our infrastructure with the latest Android build ecosystem best practices. Qualifications: •BS in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field. •Deep domain expertise in DevOps and extensive knowledge of the Android build ecosystem. •Proven experience using Gradle and Soong for both local builds and high-reliability cloud deployments. •Knowledge of Bazel, Buck, or other similar build system technologies •Strong Git skills (repo tools, submodules, git-lfs). •Passion for build systems, CI/CD, and eliminating developer bottlenecks. •Virtualization and containerization environment experience (Docker/Podman) to assist with cloud-constrained build tuning. Compensation: •$186,000 - $255,750 / year •Competitive benefits and rewards package •In addition to a competitive base salary, full-time positions may be is eligible to participate in our annual company performance bonus program Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!