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Buildkite Jobs in California (NOW HIRING)

Software Engineer III

Oakland, CA · Hybrid

$66 - $88.75/hr

Bazel, BuildKite What You'll Do * Design and implement features and performance improvements to create highly scalable distributed data pipelines on the cloud * Develop, maintain, and test code

Platform Engineer

Foster City, CA · On-site

$165K - $208K/yr

Experience with CI toolchains such as Buildkite, Bazel, and test frameworks such as Pytest * Experience writing and managing infrastructure using IaC tools such as Terraform, Ansible, and Salt $165 ...

Experience with CI toolchains such as Buildkite, Bazel, and test frameworks such as Pytest * Experience writing and managing infrastructure using IaC tools such as Terraform, Ansible, and Salt $165 ...

... Buildkite, or equivalent systems Experience developing with Swift, Xcode, or other Apple platform technologies Familiarity with software observability, metrics systems, or developer productivity ...

Principal Software Engineer

Oakland, CA · Hybrid

$155K - $207K/yr

Bazel, BuildKite * Observability tools (Datadog, Grafana) What You'll Do * Define Technical Strategy : Set the long-term architectural vision for core platform systems, ensuring scalability ...

Buildkite, Jenkins, or GitHub Actions * PostgreSQL, Redis, and DynamoDB * Kafka or Kinesis * Background checks required What we offer * Challenging, high-impact work to grow your career * Performance ...

Mobile Engineer, iOS

San Francisco, CA · On-site

$120 - $170/hr

Swift Concurrency, The Composable Architecture, Bazel, OpenAPI & Buildkite. * Experience managing apps with App Store Connect. Benefits available to all full‑time Ramp employees (Global) * Flexible ...

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What is the difference between Buildkite vs Jenkins?

AspectBuildkiteJenkins
Required CredentialsCloud account, API accessServer setup, Java knowledge
Work EnvironmentCloud-based, SaaS platformSelf-hosted or cloud, open-source
Industry UsageDevOps, CI/CD pipelinesDevOps, CI/CD, automation
Common Search/ComparisonYesYes

Buildkite and Jenkins are both popular CI/CD tools used to automate software testing and deployment. Buildkite offers a cloud-based, user-friendly platform with minimal setup, ideal for teams seeking quick deployment. Jenkins, on the other hand, is an open-source, self-hosted solution with extensive plugin support, suitable for organizations needing customizable pipelines. While Buildkite emphasizes ease of use and cloud integration, Jenkins provides more control and flexibility for complex workflows.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a Buildkite engineer, and why are they important?

To thrive as a Buildkite Engineer, you need strong experience in CI/CD pipelines, scripting languages (like Bash, Python, or Ruby), and a background in software development or DevOps. Familiarity with Buildkite's platform, cloud infrastructure (such as AWS or GCP), and tools like Docker, Git, and Kubernetes is typically required. Excellent problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills help you work effectively with development and operations teams. These abilities ensure efficient automation, smooth deployments, and robust software delivery processes.

What is Buildkite and what does a Buildkite engineer do?

Buildkite is a continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) platform that helps software teams automate the building, testing, and deployment of their code. A Buildkite Engineer is responsible for configuring and optimizing Buildkite pipelines, integrating Buildkite with source control systems, and ensuring efficient, reliable automation for software delivery. They often collaborate with developers and DevOps teams to troubleshoot build issues, improve workflow efficiency, and maintain secure, scalable CI/CD processes.

What are some typical challenges faced by engineers working with Buildkite pipelines, and how can they be addressed?

Engineers working with Buildkite pipelines often encounter challenges related to pipeline configuration complexity, managing secrets securely, and optimizing build times. To address these, it's important to modularize pipeline steps for maintainability, use environment variables or secret management plugins for sensitive data, and leverage Buildkite's parallelism and agent scalability features to speed up builds. Collaborating closely with development and DevOps teams ensures that best practices are shared and pipelines remain efficient and secure.
What cities in California are hiring for Buildkite jobs? Cities in California with the most Buildkite job openings:
Infographic showing various Buildkite job openings in California as of August 2026, with employment types broken down into 98% Full Time, and 2% Contract. Highlights an 72% Physical, 1% Hybrid, and 27% Remote job distribution.

Software Engineer III

Fivetran

Oakland, CA • Hybrid

$66 - $88.75/hr

Full-time

Posted 13 days ago


Job description

About Us

Fivetran and dbt Labs are bringing together two industry-leading companies with a shared mission: helping organizations unlock the full value of their data. Together, we're delivering the data infrastructure layer that helps organizations move, transform, and trust their data - from the moment data moves, through every transformation, to the context teams and AI systems rely on. Fivetran helps organizations automate data movement across the systems, clouds, engines, and tools they rely on. dbt Labs pioneered analytics engineering, helping teams transform data into reliable, governed insights. Together, we support thousands of organizations as they build a trusted foundation for analytics, AI, and better business decisions. As we bring our teams and technology together, we're building on the strengths of both companies while continuing to deliver the products and experiences our customers know and trust. It's an exciting time to join us: we're creating a company with the scale, talent, and technology to help more organizations put their data to work with greater speed, confidence, and impact. During this transition period, you may see references to both Fivetran and dbt Labs throughout our recruiting process as we integrate our teams, systems, and career sites.

About the Role

If the idea of contributing to the critical and core services that drive the fundamental functioning and building blocks of data processing involved in our data pipelines, this opportunity fits you well. As an engineer on the core team, you will design,  implement, and maintain the central parts of our data pipelines needed to operate the best-in-class reliable, secure, and scalable data movement.  You will prioritize the quality, efficiency, and reliability of the responsibility areas of the team while collaborating effectively with other peers and the rest of the engineering organization. The ideal candidate exhibits exceptional technical skills, meticulous attention to detail, creativity, motivation, and a results-oriented mindset.

This is a full-time hybrid position based out of our Oakland office. Our hybrid work model offers a blend of remote flexibility and in-person collaboration, including two days in the office each week to connect and build as a team.

Technologies You'll Use

  • Java17, JUnit5
  • Docker and Kubernetes
  • AWS, GCP, Azure
  • SQL, BigQuery
  • Bazel, BuildKite

What You'll Do

  • Design and implement features and performance improvements to create highly scalable distributed data pipelines on the cloud
  • Develop, maintain, and test code
  • Conduct design and code reviews
  • Collaborate with peers, product managers, customer support, and other stakeholders to deliver the best product with high quality, performance, and scalability.
  • Understand and fix challenges related to performance and scalability.
  • Participate periodically in on-call rotation
  • Participate in the hiring process
  • Mentor Junior developers
  • Make Fivetran the most reliable and secure component of our customers' data infrastructure

Skills We're Looking For

  • 5+ years of experience in the software industry with a passion for solving complex software engineering problems.
  • Software engineering foundation - experience designing and developing reusable libraries and experimentation platforms for backend and frontend from scratch leveraging industry best practices.
  • Experience working with distributed systems
  • Demonstrated ability to write well-structured and performant code
  • Ability to lead software design to satisfy project requirements
  • Experience in code reviews, design, troubleshooting and testing
  • Experience programming in an object oriented / systems language such as Java, C++, C# etc
  • Hands-on experience working with any cloud technologies(AWS, GCP, Azure) and containerization methodologies like Docker, K8s
  • Experience interacting with continuous integration tools like Buidkite

Bonus Skills

  • Knowledge of observability tools like New Relic/Grafana is a plus
  • Knowledge of AI tools and usage is a plus

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