Software Engineer
Posted 21 May 2026
Advertised as “Software Engineer, CI/CD”
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- Management level
- Individual contributor
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Field of studyComputer Science (or related)
Study levelBachelor's
About Neuralink:
We are creating devices that enable a bi-directional interface with the brain. These devices allow us to restore movement to the paralyzed, restore sight to the blind, and revolutionize how humans interact with their digital world.
Team Description:
The Infrastructure Team builds the foundation that enables the company to operate safely, robustly, and move at light-speed. We run a mixture of cloud-based and on-prem systems and have a user base spanning from highly technically proficient engineers to non-technical scientists and doctors; but all of them need solid systems, rugged networking, and bullet-proof software to do their jobs.
Job Responsibilities and Description:
As a Software Engineer, CICD you will integrate tightly with teams across the company, and span all layers of the work environment stack, from deployment of physical hardware on the manufacturing line, to custom tooling to stream neural recordings from implants. You will:
- Design and scale the CI/CD platform that enables engineering teams to ship safely and quickly across verticals including, but not limited to, Brain Implant, Surgical Robot, BCI App, Clinical, Full-stack services and infrastructure
- Own the software/firmware build tooling at scale. This includes remote caching, remote execution, target identification and selection, etc.
- Operate and scale a runner fleet spanning on-prem and cloud clusters, cover multiple hardware platforms including Mac, Linux, Embedded devices and Hardware-in-the-loop fixtures
- Maintain reproducible build and CI environments with Nix
- Instrument CI health with Prometheus metrics, Grafana dashboards, and automated alerting to maintain high signal-to-noise on pipeline reliability
- Reduce developer cycle time through pre-commit tooling, caching strategies, test sharding, and build graph optimization
Tech Stack:
- Rust, Python
- Terraform
- Bazel and Nix
- Kubernetes
- GitLab CI
- AWS
- Darwin, Ubuntu, Fedora
Required Qualifications:
- Deep experience operating Bazel, or similar hermetic build systems
- Hands-on experience operating Kubernetes
- Production experience with GitLab CI (or comparable CI platform), including pipeline architecture, runner fleet management, and custom executor integrations
- Expertise in operating UNIX systems, including Linux and Mac