Software Engineer 2 - Development Infrastructure

About the role

This role builds and maintains the Development Infrastructure team's CI/CD systems, build pipelines and tooling that let Abnormal's engineering teams ship changes reliably. It leads complex multi-component features and shapes the team roadmap, and suits an engineer with several years of hands-on backend or platform experience who can coach others.

What you'll do

• Lead design and delivery of complex, multi-component features and systems for the Development Infrastructure team and shape its roadmap.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD infrastructure and tools so Engineering can ship changes reliably with less effort.
• Design and implement enhancements to GHA infrastructure, base Docker images and build/deploy pipelines for scalability, performance and cost.
• Use AI tools to explore and compare solutions, adapting generated changes to production constraints, complexity and long-term maintainability.
• Take ownership of on-call issues, including complex issues with unclear root causes, and fix the systemic gaps behind them.
• Participate in planning, code reviews, standups and other parts of the software development life cycle, and coach other engineers.

What you'll need

• 3+ years of professional experience as a hands-on engineer building backend systems and/or platforms.
• 2+ years of experience working with Python.
• Experience delivering complex projects end-to-end in a cloud native environment.
• Experience building or operating CI/CD, build, or deployment systems in production, including on-call and incident response.
• Understanding of distributed systems, containerization and microservices.
• Practical experience using Generative AI tools in day-to-day engineering workflows.
• Thrives in a collaborative, fast-paced environment.
• Passion for helping others build world-class systems.
• Exceptional teamwork skills.
• Embraces continuous learning and enjoys tackling complex problems.

Nice to have

• Experience creating and maintaining CI/CD systems.
• Experience with GitHub Actions.
• Experience with Go.
• Experience with Bazel.
• Experience working on or with teams like Engineering Effectiveness, Engineering Productivity, Development Experience, Development Infrastructure or similar.
• Knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, or similar technologies.
• Familiarity with Generative AI tools such as Codex and Claude, and experience driving AI-first workflows and solutions.

Benefits listed by Abnormal

• Bonus or incentive compensation eligibility
• Equity eligibility
• Comprehensive benefits package

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