[Remote] Staff Software Engineer – Build Platform

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. RapidFort is a cybersecurity company developing software supply chain security solutions that automatically harden container images and reduce vulnerability risk. The Staff Software Engineer – Build Platform will architect, scale, and evolve distributed build systems, automation, and platform services that produce secure production-ready container artifacts while leading technical strategy and mentoring engineers.

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture and long-term technical strategy for RapidFort's Build Platform
• Design and operate highly scalable distributed build systems capable of producing and maintaining thousands of production-ready container images
• Build automated systems for image creation, validation, signing, publishing, and lifecycle management
• Improve build performance, scalability, reproducibility, reliability, and operational efficiency
• Design automation that eliminates manual engineering work while improving developer productivity
• Develop internal tooling and platform services using Python, Bash, and modern cloud-native technologies
• Solve complex Linux, dependency management, networking, container, and build-system challenges
• Drive engineering standards around software supply chain integrity, reproducible builds, and platform reliability
• Partner closely with Platform Engineering, Security Research, Product Engineering, and Infrastructure teams
• Lead architecture reviews and influence technical decisions across multiple engineering organizations
• Mentor senior engineers and help raise the technical bar across the company
• Continuously identify opportunities to simplify systems, improve reliability, and reduce operational overhead

Skills

• * 10+ years of software engineering, platform engineering, infrastructure engineering, or developer platform experience
• * Demonstrated experience architecting and operating large-scale build platforms or distributed infrastructure
• * U.S. Citizenship required pursuant to applicable federal customer requirements
• * Deep expertise with Linux systems and operating system internals
• * Expert knowledge of Docker, OCI container images, and container ecosystems
• * Strong Python development experience
• * Strong Bash scripting skills
• * Experience designing distributed automation systems and developer platforms
• * Strong Kubernetes experience in production environments
• * Experience operating modern CI/CD platforms such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Buildkite, GitLab CI, or equivalent
• * Strong understanding of software build systems, dependency management, package management, and artifact lifecycle
• * Experience troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems in production
• * Strong Git-based development workflows
• * Excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to influence engineering across multiple teams
• * Demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives without direct management responsibility
• * Go (Golang)
• * BuildKit, Bazel, or advanced build optimization techniques
• * Terraform or Infrastructure as Code
• * AWS, Azure, or GCP
• * Helm
• * OCI registries and artifact management
• * Software Bill of Materials (SBOM)
• * Sigstore, Cosign, SLSA, in-toto, SPDX, or CycloneDX
• * Prometheus, Grafana, or OpenTelemetry
• * Supply chain security, container security, or Kubernetes security
• * Experience building internal developer platforms
• * Experience working in high-growth startups or cloud infrastructure companies

Benefits

• Annual performance bonus
• Meaningful equity participation
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 401(k)
• Flexible PTO
• Flexible work environment
• Opportunity to work on cutting-edge cybersecurity and cloud-native technologies
• Direct influence on the architecture and technical direction of a rapidly growing cybersecurity company

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