Position Details

Type Full-Time

Experience mid

Exp. Years Not specified

Education Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent

Category Software Engineering

About this role

Developer Productivity Engineer with a Gradle focus to strengthen build performance and release reliability for complex, multi-repo systems. Standardizes Gradle plugin conventions, optimizes task graphs and caching, and orchestrates releases across Dev/QA/Stage/Prod with automated notes and SBOMs.

Key Responsibilities

Develop and maintain Gradle plugins and shared build conventions
Optimize task graphs, caching, and build performance; migrate legacy builds to Gradle
Drive Release-as-Code; integrate gates; manage GitHub Actions runners and/or Jenkins
Containerize release tooling
Serve as SME and mentor for build/release topics

Technical Overview

Scope includes Gradle-based build systems, Java/Kotlin/Groovy, CI/CD tooling (GitHub Actions/Jenkins), containerization (Docker/Kubernetes/Helm), and artifact repositories (Artifactory/Nexus); emphasizes Release-as-Code and security remediation workflows.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a mid-to-senior DevOps/Build & Release Engineer with deep Gradle experience, strong CI/CD across multi-repo systems, automated release notes, SBOMs, and CVE remediation workflows. They should be comfortable with GitHub Actions and Jenkins, container tooling, and enterprise-scale release orchestration.

Must-Have Skills

Strong object-oriented programming backgroundExperience with Gradle (or eager to specialize)Deep GitHub and GitHub Actions expertiseExperience operating self-hosted GitHub Actions runnersExperience with enterprise-scale CI/CDExperience with Gradle plugin developmentProblem solving and communicationMentoring teams

Nice-to-Have Skills

C/C++ build experiencePerforce experienceCloud platform certifications (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Tools & Platforms

GradleGitHub ActionsJenkinsDockerKubernetesHelmArtifactoryNexusMavenAnt

Required Skills

Gradle plugin developmentJavaKotlinGroovyGradlebuild performance optimizationRelease-as-CodeSBOMsGitHub ActionsJenkinsDockerKubernetesHelmArtifactoryNexusWindowsLinuxAndroidPerforceCI/CDmulti-repo buildsenterprise-scale CI/CDpatchinghotfix workflows

Hard Skills

GradleJavaKotlinGroovyGradle plugin developmentbuild performance optimizationRelease-as-CodeSBOMsGitHub ActionsJenkinsDockerKubernetesHelmArtifactoryNexusWindowsLinuxAndroidPerforceCI/CDmulti-repo buildsenterprise-scale CI/CDpatchinghotfix workflows

Soft Skills

CommunicationMentoringCollaborationProblem-solvingLeadership

Certifications

Preferred

AWS CertificationAzure CertificationGCP Certification

Industry & Role

Industry Technology / Semiconductors

Job Function Improve build and release engineering across large-scale software systems using Gradle and CI/CD automation

Clearance & Visa

Visa Sponsorship No

Keywords for Your Resume

gradlegradle pluginjavakotlingroovybuild performancerelease-as-codesbomsgitHub actionsjenkinsdockerkuberneteshelmartifactorynexuswindowslinuxandroidperforceci/cd

Deal Breakers

Not eligible for visa sponsorship

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