Senior DevOps Engineer
Apex.AI
Software Engineering
Palo Alto, CA, USA
USD 170k-220k / year + Equity
Posted on Jun 28, 2025
Apex.AI is hiring an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to design and scale Apex.AI's build and release systems. You will architect and implement our build and release system solutions, which impact developer productivity company-wide and ensure that customers receive high-quality products in a timely manner.
This position is located in our Palo Alto office. Authorization to work in the United States is required.
The compensation range for this role is $170,000 to $220,000 base salary. Employees may also be eligible for additional compensation, including annual target bonuses and stock options.
What You'll Do—Responsibilities
- Extend and optimize the build, release and packaging system
- Help improve our Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines and build system
- Build and maintain our Bazel build infrastructure
- Work closely with C++ product developers to understand their workflows and how to improve them
You Have
- B.S. or higher degree in a technical field with 5+ years of relevant work experience
- Proven experience maintaining a cross-platform build system
- Proven experience managing CI/CD pipelines
- Proven ability to script in Python and Starlark
- Proven experience developing Bazel infrastructure
- Proven experience building C/C++ projects
- Familiarity with GitLab or GitHub
- Experience navigating Linux-based systems and tools in a terminal
- Excellent troubleshooting skills
- Excellent communication skills
Great To Have
- Experience with infrastructure management tools such as Terraform
- Experience with Bazel internals
- Familiarity with releasing code and binaries to customers
- Familiarity with cross-compilation
- Experience with the usage of CMake
Apex.AI is an international software company specializing in the development of safety-certified, developer-friendly, and scalable software for mobility systems, aiming to accelerate the transition to software-defined vehicles and mobility. Founded in 2017 by Jan Becker and Dejan Pangercic, the company is headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with additional offices in Munich, Stuttgart, Gothenburg, Tokyo, and Pangyo. To date, Apex.AI has raised over $75 million USD from world-class venture, financial and strategic investors including AGCO, Airbus Ventures, Canaan, Continental AG, Daimler Truck, HELLA Ventures, Jaguar Land Rover’s InMotion Ventures, LG Electronics, Lightspeed, Orillion, Toyota Ventures, Volvo Group Venture Capital and ZF.