Senior Build Engineer

RapidFort, Inc.

2d • $130,000 - $200,000

About The Position

RapidFort builds hardened, production-ready container images and automation that help enterprises and U.S. government agencies reduce software supply chain risk and deploy secure workloads faster. Our approach goes beyond vulnerability scanning to focus on remediation-first security, runtime hardening, and operational simplicity for cloud-native environments.

U.S. Citizenship and eligibility for federal programs is required
The Role
We're looking for a Senior Build Engineer who enjoys working close to the metal—someone who is comfortable with Linux, containers, scripting, and the day-to-day operational heartbeat of a build environment.
You'll own and improve the systems that our customers rely on every day, from Docker-based build workflows to automation, and you'll help triage and resolve issues as they arise.
This role is hands-on and operational, but also offers meaningful opportunities to drive improvements, reduce friction, and evolve our build tooling as the company scales.

Requirements

• 7+ years in build engineering, DevOps, infrastructure engineering, or similar roles
• US citizenship required pursuant to applicable federal contracts and security-clearance requirements
• Strong Linux experience and command-line fluency
• Solid Python and Bash scripting abilities
• Proficiency with Docker, container tooling, and debugging container build issues
• Familiarity with troubleshooting distributed environments, remote systems, and scaling behaviors
• Basic Kubernetes understanding (enough to triage image/deployment issues)
• Experience with Git-based workflows (Bitbucket, GitHub, or GitLab)
• Experience maintaining or customizing Jenkins pipelines
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate with engineering teams
• Process-oriented mindset and comfort with routine operational responsibilities
• Demonstrated ability to take ownership and steadily improve systems over time

Nice To Haves

• Exposure to AWS or Azure
• Familiarity with container scanning tools, observability tools, or build optimization
• Experience in early-stage startups or dynamic engineering environments
• Background with CI/CD optimization and pipeline performance tuning
• Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform, Ansible)

Responsibilities

• Complete daily builds and publish an updated catalog of all our curated container images
• Maintain, monitor, and improve our build environment, including Docker builds, image tools, and supporting scripts and automation
• Triage and debug build failures, container-related issues, and image problems across engineering teams
• Write and maintain automation scripts and internal tooling in Bash and Python
• Collaborate with developers to diagnose issues, improve build workflows, and ensure smooth day-to-day operations
• Contribute to scaling our build infrastructure to meet growing engineering needs
• Document processes and maintain consistency in routine operational tasks
• Identify opportunities to automate repetitive work and improve reliability

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed