Senior Software Engineer, New Products

Job Overview
Were looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join a New Products this role youll design and ship net-new products that expand what Buildkite offers developers. These products will stand on their own but integrate cleanly with our existing platform and codebase. This is an exciting opportunity to get in at the ground floor of a brand-new team within an established org shape products from a blank page and put them in front of the worlds leading engineering teams operating at serious scale.

*This is a hybrid role and will require 3 days per week in San Francisco CA.

What Youll Do

• Build and ship new products end to end writing high-quality reliable code that integrates smoothly with Buildkites existing suite
• Move fast by steering agentic coding tools effectively. You are a power-user of agentic coding tools get strong output from agents and know when to trust correct or override them
• Make sound system design calls: model data well choose the right structures and algorithms and design for scale from the start
• Work directly with databases at scale and third-party APIs (e.g. GitHub) to build developer tooling thats fast and dependable
• Collaborate closely in person during the early design phase: whiteboarding prototyping and shaping product direction alongside the team

What You Bring

• 5 years of experience building and shipping production software
• Proven success shipping code used at scale (1M consumer users or 100k enterprise users)
• Strong CS fundamentals (you can reason clearly about system design data structures and algorithms)
• Experience working in large codebases and building developer tooling
• Working knowledge of databases at scale and integrating third-party APIs
• Fluency with agentic coding tools and a track record of producing quality work quickly with them
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills and enthusiasm for in-person whiteboard-heavy design work at the early stages of product development.

Additional Experience Thats Useful

• Experience at a Series B/C startup or scale-up
• A CS degree from a strong program or engineering experience at a company with a high technical hiring bar (e.g. Google)
• Good taste in developer-friendly UX

Why Join Buildkite
At Buildkite we value kindness autonomy and collaboration. Youll join a team building brand-new products from scratch working in-person in San Francisco and also collaborating remotely with our Australian colleagues and your work will directly help some of the worlds best engineering teams build and ship software faster and more safely.

Youll also have access to a range of benefits designed to support you in doing your best work including:

• Competitive compensation and benefits
• A collaborative team culture
• Opportunities for growth and learning
• Meaningful work with world-class companies
• A supportive inclusive team where your ideas matter

Benefits
Benefits added per country directly from Greenhouse.

Equal Opportunity Employer
At Buildkite we value diversity and celebrate all types of skills backgrounds and experiences. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment and providing reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process. If you need any accommodations or support during the application or interview process please reach out to us at

At Buildkite we value diversity and celebrate all types of skills backgrounds and experiences. Were dedicated to fostering an inclusive environment and providing reasonable accommodations throughout our recruitment process.

If you need any accommodations or support during the application or interview process please reach out to us at