Build & Release Engineer - New Grad (December 2026)

Applied Intuition•Sunnyvale, CA

52d•Onsite

About The Position

Applied Intuition, Inc. is seeking a Build & Release Engineer, a new graduate role focused on powering the future of physical AI. The company, founded in 2017 and valued at $15 billion, is building the digital infrastructure for intelligent moving machines across automotive, defense, trucking, construction, mining, and agriculture industries. Applied Intuition's solutions are trusted by major global automakers and the U.S. military. The company is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with multiple international offices. This is an in-office role, with the expectation that full-time employees work primarily from their assigned office five days a week, though occasional flexibility for remote work is recognized. The Release Management team is responsible for the infrastructure and processes that deliver validated software, including release cuts, version updates, build pipelines, and artifact management. They collaborate with Program Validation for release gate sign-off and work with various domain teams to maintain release momentum.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field and graduating by December 2026.
3+ years of professional software development experience, with strong coding ability in at least one modern language (e.g., Python, Go, Java, or JavaScript/TypeScript)
Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Buildkite)
Strong Git experience, including branching, tagging, and release workflows
Experience with artifact management systems (e.g., JFrog Artifactory, Nexus, or equivalent)
Experience designing, building, or maintaining internal tools or portals
Strong troubleshooting skills across build, dependency, and release issues

Nice To Haves

Front-end development experience (e.g., React, TypeScript) for extending internal tooling UIs
Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
Experience with embedded/automotive release processes (multi-ECU uprevs, ASPICE-aligned release workflows)
Experience with monitoring/observability tools (Grafana, Kibana, Splunk)
Experience with Jira, Polarion, or similar issue tracking tools

Responsibilities

Execute release cuts from Git repositories across multiple product lines and branches.
Manage version uprevs end to end, coordinating dependency and firmware bumps with upstream teams.
Define and own release branching, tagging, and versioning strategies.
Investigate and resolve complex build failures, coordinating fixes across development teams.
Design, build, and maintain scalable software release CI/CD pipelines for build, test orchestration, and deployment.
Automate build infrastructure to reduce manual effort and enforce pipeline quality gates.
Troubleshoot pipeline failures to ensure high availability and reliability for development teams.
Own the artifact lifecycle, including versioning, signing, storage, and cross-environment promotion.
Maintain strict artifact provenance and traceability from commit to release.
Administer and optimize artifact repositories (e.g., Artifactory).
Develop and maintain the internal Release Management portal — the system of record for build artifacts, binaries, and release status.
Ship new features for the portal as its primary engineer, including UI, backend services, and external integrations.
Integrate the portal with CI/CD systems, artifact repositories, and downstream release workflows.
Partner with the Program Validation team and TPMs on release gate criteria and final sign-off.
Coordinate with domain teams (Embedded, UX/HMI, OTA etc) on release timing, risks, and blockers.
Communicate release status and critical path risks to stakeholders.

Benefits

Applied Intuition is an equal opportunity employer and federal contractor or subcontractor.
The parties agree that, as applicable, they will abide by the requirements of 41 CFR 60-1.4(a), 41 CFR 60-300.5(a) and 41 CFR 60-741.5(a) and that these laws are incorporated herein by reference.
These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities, and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin.
These regulations require that covered prime contractors and subcontractors take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status or disability.
The parties also agree that, as applicable, they will abide by the requirements of Executive Order 13496 (29 CFR Part 471, Appendix A to Subpart A), relating to the notice of employee rights under federal labor laws.
FOR US-BASED ROLES: Applied Intuition is committed to providing an accessible and inclusive application and interview experience to applicants who are disabled veterans and other applicants with disabilities or medical conditions.
Reasonable accommodations are available, requesting an accommodation will not affect your candidacy in any way, and you are not required to disclose the nature of your disability or medical condition in order to make a request.
If you require an accommodation please contact [email protected] .