Principal CI/CD Engineer

GlobalFoundries•Richardson, TX

5d•$153,000 - $265,000

About The Position

GlobalFoundries is seeking a highly experienced Senior/Principal Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) Engineer to lead the strategy, design, implementation, and evolution of enterprise-scale software delivery infrastructure for complex artificial intelligence, machine learning, and hardware-software co-development environments. The role owns CI/CD strategy and automation for globally distributed software teams, develops reliable build, test, release, and deployment systems, and works across software, hardware, verification, validation, and infrastructure teams in North America, Europe, and Asia.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical field.
5–10 years of experience in CI/CD, automation, DevOps, infrastructure engineering, or site reliability engineering, including a key role in establishing and maintaining infrastructure for software products.
Strong hands-on experience building reliable, scalable CI/CD pipelines and software distributions using GitHub Actions, Jenkins, and JFrog Artifactory.
Strong programming and scripting skills in Shell, Python, and Groovy.
Demonstrated experience with source-code management practices and branching strategies for complex development and release workflows.
Experience creating, deploying, and managing applications and build environments in containers, such as Podman.
Experience with observability and monitoring tools, such as Grafana.
Experience with Linux compute clusters or grid schedulers, such as SGE/UGE, SLURM, or LSF.
Experience supporting both Linux and Windows software development environments.
Fluency in English, written and verbal.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical field.
Experience integrating CI/CD systems with emulation, simulation, embedded hardware, or hardware-in-the-loop validation environments.
Familiarity with at least one machine learning framework or model format, such as ONNX, PyTorch, or TensorFlow.
Experience using AI-assisted engineering tools, such as GitHub Copilot or Cursor, to improve development productivity.
Experience leading infrastructure modernization or automation initiatives across globally distributed, cross-functional engineering teams.
Strong written and verbal communication, planning, organizational, and stakeholder-management skills.
Ability to navigate ambiguity, identify scalable solutions, and drive execution across technical and organizational boundaries.

Responsibilities

Own the end-to-end CI/CD strategy and automation execution for globally distributed software development teams.
Design, implement, and maintain scalable automated build, test, release, and deployment pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and JFrog Artifactory.
Configure CI/CD workflows that interface directly with emulation, simulation, embedded hardware, and hardware-software validation platforms.
Define, implement, enforce, and maintain source-code branching and release strategies for complex product release cycles.
Develop and maintain containerized, reproducible build environments and test-runner workloads using technologies such as Podman.
Partner with IT to configure, secure, monitor, and maintain Linux and Windows compute servers, compute grids, and shared storage environments, including NFS and CIFS.
Build dashboards, metrics, and alerts in Grafana to monitor pipeline health, runner performance, infrastructure utilization, and service reliability.
Collaborate with software, hardware, verification, validation, and infrastructure teams across North America, Europe, and Asia to modernize build and delivery capabilities.
Perform all activities in a safe and responsible manner and support all Environmental, Health, Safety & Security requirements and programs.
Perform other duties as assigned by manager.