Build & Release Engineer

Overwatch Imaging•Hood River, OR

17h•Hybrid

About The Position

Overwatch Imaging is seeking a Build & Release Engineer to own and evolve how we build, package, and deploy our C++ based software across Jetson-based edge systems and x86 environments while ensuring that builds are fast, reliable, and reproducible, and that deployments work consistently in real-world and air-gapped environments.

Requirements

B.S. in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
5+ years of experience in C++ build systems, build/release engineering, or similar roles
Experience working in Linux-based development environments
Build system design, structure, and performance optimization
Dependency management and packaging systems
CI/build infrastructure in multi-architecture environments (x86 + ARM)

Nice To Haves

Jetson or other ARM-based systems
Cross-compilation environments
Offline or air-gapped deployments
Mixed-langage builds (C++, CUDA, Rust, Python)
Deployment of machine learning models to TensorRT environments
Offline or air-gapped deployment, installer systems, and upgrade/migration workflows

Responsibilities

Continuously improve the C++ build ecosystem, including: Improve the structure and evolution of our CMake based build system, Improve build performance, modularity, and long-term maintainability, Ensure the build system scales with codebase complexity and remains understandable to the team, Drive consistency across C++, Python, and emerging Rust components
Establish reliable, reproducible approaches to dependency management and packaging
Ensure consistency across development, CI, and deployed systems
Improve how build artifacts are versioned, distributed, and consumed
Own the reliability and scalability of build and CI systems across x86 and ARM (Jetson) environments
Improve infrastructure consistency and maintainability
Reduce instability and flakiness in builds and test execution
Improve visibility into build health, failures, and performance
Ensure issues are diagnosable and actionable
Enable engineers to trust the build and release system