Principal Infrastructure Software Engineer

TurbineOne is a fast-moving and high-performance startup focused on enhancing situational awareness for Americans on the frontlines. They are seeking a versatile and experienced Software Engineer with a DevOps focus to take ownership of build systems and development tooling, ensuring scalable and secure deployment processes for mission-critical software.

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:

• 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