Staff Bazel Engineer

Apptronik•Austin, TX

About The Position

Apptronik is a human-centered robotics company developing AI-powered robots to support humanity in every facet of life. Our flagship humanoid robot, Apollo, is built to collaborate thoughtfully with people, starting with critical industries such as manufacturing and logistics, with future applications in healthcare, the home, and beyond. We operate at the cutting edge of embodied AI, applying our expertise across the full robotics stack to solve some of society's most important problems. You will join a team dedicated to bringing Apollo to market at scale, tackling the complex challenges like safety, commercialization, and mass production to change the world for the better. JOB SUMMARY We are looking for a Staff Bazel Engineer to build and scale the systems that power how our software is built, tested, and delivered. Our robotics platform spans multiple languages, platforms, and hardware targets. In this role, you will own and evolve our Bazel-based build infrastructure, enabling fast, reliable, and reproducible builds across a complex system. You’ll partner closely with software, platform, and robotics teams to ensure our build systems keep pace with rapid development and real-world deployment.

Requirements

Deep expertise and a proven track record of architecting, implementing and maintaining Bazel build systems at scale in production environments.
Mastery of build systems, dependency management, and CI/CD pipelines and developer tooling with the ability to define the long-term strategic vision for the build infrastructure.
Extensive experience designing, developing and maintaining complex Starlark rules, macros and toolchains to support diverse language ecosystems.
Proficiency in one or more core programming languages (e.g., C++, Python, Go, Java)
Demonstrated ability to drive significant improvements in the build and test performance, reliability and developer efficiency across a large, multi- platform codebase.
Exceptional troubleshooting and diagnostic skills to solve the most challenging and non-obvious issues within complex, distributed build environments
Strong technical leadership and influence skills, capable of driving alignment and adoption of best practices across multiple cross-functional engineering teams and actively mentoring junior and senior engineers.
Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field
At least 8+ years of experience in software engineering, build systems, or developer infrastructure, including hands-on experience with Bazel
Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer
Must be able to lift 15 pounds at times
Vision to read printed materials and a computer screen
Hearing and speech to communicate

Nice To Haves

Experience with remote execution systems (e.g., Bazel RBE, Buildbarn, BuildFarm)
Familiarity with robotics systems, embedded software, or hardware/software integration
Experience with containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes)
Knowledge of hermetic builds and reproducible systems

Responsibilities

Own and evolve the Bazel build system across a multi-language robotics codebase
Design and implement scalable build infrastructure, including remote caching and remote execution
Develop and maintain Starlark rules, macros, and toolchains
Optimize build and test performance across local development and CI environments
Troubleshoot and resolve build failures, flaky tests, and dependency issues
Improve developer workflows both locally and on hardware to reduce friction in build and integration processes
Partner with engineering teams to onboard services and components to Bazel
Support and enhance CI/CD pipelines to ensure reliable and efficient releases
Establish and promote best practices for hermetic and reproducible builds
Collaborate and mentor other engineers on the team.