Principal Infrastructure Software Engineer

TurbineOne is a fast-moving and high-performance startup focused on enhancing situational awareness for Americans in critical roles. They are seeking a versatile Software Engineer with a DevOps focus to manage build systems and development tooling, ensuring efficient and secure deployment processes for their software platform.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain our build and deployment systems across a multi-repo, multi-language codebase
• Add efficiency, robustness and security to our release processes by standing up automated tools or processes as necessary
• Integrate security and compliance workflows, including tools like Grype and SBOM generation for ATO/IATT processes
• Support container and artifact packaging, release automation, and reproducible builds across OS and CPU architectures
• This includes version control and tagging schemas to work with different build types (nightly, dev, release) and developer workflows
• Collaborate with software, ML and field engineers to ensure fast, reliable, and developer-friendly tooling
• Maintain our Makefile and Docker Bake build system while seeking out and identifying opportunities for improvement
• Document tooling, pipelines, and processes clearly and maintainably
• Build and test automation for both cloud-based development workflows and air-gapped production deployment workflows
• Patch up a Makefile dependency chain that's gotten out of sync and refactor for readability
• Maintain and improve our current build and deployments system, which uses Make, Docker bake and custom Python infrastructure code to build API-compatible packages across multiple repositories
• Investigate a cross-compilation issue affecting an ARM/Linux target and diagnose the cause
• Implement SBOM generation and wire it into GitHub Enterprise CI workflows
• Package and store deliverables for easy access by relevant personnel
• Debug a flaky build pipeline or blocked deployment job
• Write maintainable software tooling to support rapidly changing requirements
• Propose and prototype a path toward more unified and modular builds
• Triage and coordinate the fix for an automated test failure
• Build and maintain infrastructure-as-code to support high-confidence deployments at scale

Requirements:

• High standard of ethics, grit, integrity, and moral character
• 6+ years of experience in software engineering, CI/CD, or DevOps roles
• Experience managing complex builds across multiple languages and platforms
• Deep understanding of Linux-based development environments (x86/ARM experience a plus)
• Hands-on experience with GitHub Enterprise, GitHub Actions, Docker, and vulnerability assessment
• Intimately familiar with git operations and workflows
• Implementation experience with automated testing and validations through CI/CD
• Familiarity with compliance-focused build environments, including SBOM, CVE tracking and reporting
• Strong debugging skills and the willingness to dive into Makefiles, shell scripts, or container issues
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills — you can clearly explain what you built and why
• Experience building enterprise level software systems
• Desire to work at a fast-paced, small startup and own major infrastructure initiatives
• A college degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field is preferred
• Must be eligible to obtain a clearance with the U.S. government
• Strong experience with CI/CD pipelines and Docker containerization
• Experience in cross-platform, multi-arch builds
• Knowledge of build tooling in Go, Python, and frontend frameworks
• Ability to design secure, compliant build pipelines
• Familiarity with air-gapped deployment constraints
• Systems thinker who sees the big picture but enjoys fixing the details
• Inquisitive mindset with strong ownership over technical systems
• Thrives in ambiguity and takes initiative without waiting for direction
• Collaborative, patient, and user-focused when supporting other engineers
• Deep interest in DefenseTech or national security missions
• Strong work ethic and high personal standards
• Comfortable in a fully-remote team with occasional in-person collaboration