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title: 'Lead Software Engineer, CICD at Klaviyo'
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# Lead Software Engineer, CICD at Klaviyo

- **Company:** Klaviyo
- **Location:** Boston, MA
- **Compensation:** $176k–$264k
- **Posted:** 2026-09-14
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-17
- **Apply:** https://www.klaviyo.com/careers/jobs/7990569003?gh_jid=7990569003

## Job description

At Klaviyo, we value the unique backgrounds, experiences and perspectives each Klaviyo (we call ourselves Klaviyos) brings to our workplace each and every day. We believe everyone deserves a fair shot at success and appreciate the experiences each person brings beyond the traditional job requirements. If you’re a close but not exact match with the description, we hope you’ll still consider applying. Want to learn more about life at Klaviyo? Visit [klaviyo.com/careers](http://klaviyo.com/careers) to see how we empower creators to own their own destiny.

Why You Should Join the Developer Infrastructure Team

Our core focus is empowering engineers to ship code efficiently and safely. We own the CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation that drastically improves developer productivity. As the Lead for this team, you will define the technical roadmap for the software pipeline from idea to delivery, enabling every engineer in the company to ship at terminal velocity with total confidence. By building the foundational tools that streamline the path to production, you will play a pivotal role in maximizing developer throughput, minimizing deployment friction, and ensuring our organization can move fast without the fear of breaking things.

What You'll Achieve: Key Responsibilities

As the technical leader for this team, you will drive the evolution of our CI/CD pipeline to enable fast, seamless development and deployments across the organization:

- Define Architectural Vision: Lead the long-term strategy for our CI/CD pipelines and frameworks across both backend and frontend stacks. You will ensure these systems are not just reliable, but world-class in their ease of adoption.
- CI/CD Strategy: Architect how we execute fast, reliable deployments and rollbacks. You will own the end-to-end delivery pipelines, ensuring the highest standards of security, efficiency, and compliance from code commit to production.
- Set Engineering Standards: Establish the standards for our repositories. You will define the benchmarks for PRs, cycle time, velocity, code quality metrics, and systemic reliability that all teams will follow.
- Scalable Tooling & Coverage: Design and build the next generation of tools that simplify CI/CD pipelines. You will lead efforts to help bring all teams and repos up to best in class standards at scale .
- AI-Driven Strategy: Spearhead our efforts to leverage AI within the CI/CD lifecycle as well as using AI to accelerate our own development efforts.
- Cross-Functional Leadership: Act as a consultant to feature teams to solve their most complex engineering challenges. You will use root-cause analysis from major incidents to propose and implement pillar-wide velocity improvements.
- Operational Excellence: Oversee the health and performance of our entire CI/CD pipeline, taking ultimate responsibility for the stability of the environment that hundreds of engineers rely on daily.

What Makes This Role Exciting

- High-Leverage Leadership: You are not just building features; you are building the platform that defines the developer experience for the entire company.
- Innovation at the Edge: You will have the autonomy to experiment with emerging technologies like AI and LLMs to solve the age-old problems of flakiness and slow feedback loops.
- Pillar-Wide Influence: As a Lead, your decisions on testing standards and infrastructure will directly impact the speed and quality of every shipping team in the organization.

Who You Are:

- Seasoned Technical Leader: You have 7+ years of software engineering experience with a history of leading complex, high-impact technical projects. You are a hands-on lead who stays close to the code while steering the broader vision.
- Master of Root-Cause Analysis: You don't just fix symptoms; you hunt down systemic failures. You excel at debugging deep-stack issues and transforming those lessons into automated preventions.
- Full-Stack Architect: You are comfortable designing systems across the stack. Whether it is a React-based quality dashboard or a Python service for data seeding, you understand how to build for scale.
- AI Visionary: You are passionate about the intersection of AI and Software Quality. You have a clear perspective on how AI can automate the mundane parts of testing and accelerate the SDLC.
- You’ve already experimented with AI in work or personal projects, and you’re excited to dive in and learn fast. You’re hungry to responsibly explore new AI tools and workflows, finding ways to make your work smarter and more efficient.
- Extreme Ownership: You take pride in the end-to-end health of the platform. You are proactive in identifying technical debt and are a relentless advocate for engineering excellence.
- CI/CD Expert: You have deep experience with modern CI/CD tools and a sophisticated understanding of how to integrate automated testing into high-frequency deployment pipelines.

Technologies we use (not exhaustive):

- Backend: Python, Django, Go
- Frontend: React, TypeScript, JavaScript
- Testing Frameworks: Playwright, Cypress, Pytest, Jest
- Infrastructure and CI: AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Helm, Buildkite
- Data: MySQL, Redis, Kafka
- AI Tools: Integration with Claude, Cursor, Copilot, or internal AI enablement frameworks

Massachusetts Applicants: It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Our salary range reflects the cost of labor across various U.S. geographic markets. The range displayed below reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all our US locations. The base salary offered for this position is determined by several factors, including the applicant’s job-related skills, relevant experience, education or training, and work location.

In addition to base salary, our total compensation package may include participation in the company’s annual cash bonus plan, variable compensation (OTE) for sales and customer success roles, equity, sign-on payments, and a comprehensive range of health, welfare, and wellbeing benefits based on eligibility.

Your recruiter can provide more details about the specific salary/OTE range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Base Pay Range For US Locations: $176,000—$264,000 USD

This role may require up to 10% travel for purposes such as new hire onboarding, client or partner work if applicable, team meetings, and industry events. Travel is coordinated in advance.

Get to Know Klaviyo

We’re Klaviyo (pronounced clay-vee-oh). We empower creators to own their destiny by making first-party data accessible and actionable like never before. We see limitless potential for the technology we’re developing to nurture personalized experiences in ecommerce and beyond. To reach our goals, we need our own crew of remarkable creators—ambitious and collaborative teammates who stay focused on our north star: delighting our customers. If you’re ready to do the best work of your career, where you’ll be welcomed as your whole self from day one and supported with generous benefits, we hope you’ll join us.

AI fluency at Klaviyo includes responsible use of AI (including privacy, security, bias awareness, and human-in-the-loop). We provide accommodations as needed.

By participating in Klaviyo’s interview process, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and will adhere to our [Guidelines for using AI in the Klaviyo interview Process](https://www.klaviyo.com/careers/ai-guidance). For more information about how we process your personal data, see our [Job Applicant Privacy Notice](https://www.klaviyo.com/legal/job-applicant-privacy-notice).

Klaviyo is committed to a policy of equal opportunity and non-discrimination. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, citizenship, national origin, color, religion or religious creed, age, sex (including pregnancy), gender identity, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, veteran or active military status, marital status, criminal record, genetics, retaliation, sexual harassment or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Our company takes the security and privacy of job applicants very seriously. We will never ask for payment, bank details, or personal financial information as part of the application process. All our legitimate job postings can be found on our official career site. Please be cautious of job offers that come from non-company email addresses (@klaviyo.com), instant messaging platforms, or unsolicited calls.

By clicking "Submit Application" you consent to Klaviyo processing your Personal Data in accordance with our Job Applicant Privacy Notice.  If you do not wish for Klaviyo to process your Personal Data, please do not submit an application.  You can find our Job Applicant Privacy Notice [here](https://www.klaviyo.com/legal/job-applicant-privacy-notice) and [here](https://www.klaviyo.com/fr/legal/job-applicant-privacy-notice) (FR).

## About Klaviyo

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Klaviyo is an AI-first B2C CRM platform that unifies customer data, marketing automation, and analytics to help brands create personalized, revenue-driving customer experiences.
- **Entity Type**: Public (NYSE: KVYO)
- **Headquarters**: Boston, Massachusetts, USA (Global headquarters; also offices in San Francisco, Denver, London, Dublin, Sydney, Singapore, Paris)
- **Founded**: 2012
- **Founders**: Andrew Bialecki and Ed Hallen

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Marketing technology / Customer Data Platform / B2C CRM
- **Target customers**: B2C brands (e.g., ecommerce, retail, consumer goods) – from SMB to enterprise; 193,000+ paying customers in 80+ countries
- **Mission or purpose**: “Empower creators and brands to own their growth” – built to solve the customer data problem and strengthen customer relationships.

## Products & Services
- **Klaviyo B2C CRM**: Unified platform combining customer data platform (CDP), marketing automation, analytics, and customer service into a single AI-first system.
- **Email Marketing**: Core channel for personalized, automated email campaigns.
- **SMS / RCS / WhatsApp / Mobile Push**: Omnichannel messaging with real-time triggers.
- **Klaviyo CDP**: Built-in customer data platform that unifies profiles from 350+ native integrations.
- **Reviews**: Product review and social proof functionality (launched 2023).
- **Marketing Attribution & Analytics**: Optimization and attribution tools (launched 2018).
- **Developer Tools**: APIs, webhooks, SDKs, warehouse syncs, and AI agent integrations (ChatGPT, Claude, MCP).

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Public company; latest market cap available from NYSE trading data (not provided in search results).
- **Key Metric**: Public company – refer to latest SEC filings (10-K/10-Q) for revenue and profitability. Private metrics: 193,000+ customers, 2,000+ employees, 7+ billion daily events processed.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Co-CEOs Andrew Bialecki and Chano Fernandez; strategic investors include Summit Partners and others (prior to IPO). Key integrations with Shopify, Salesforce, Meta, and 350+ other platforms.
- **Growth Signals**: Appointed Chano Fernández as co-CEO (January 2026); launched unified B2C CRM in 2025; 2,000+ employees worldwide; expanding into new channels (RCS, WhatsApp); strong AI-first positioning.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Data-first architecture**: Built on a flexible customer data platform that unifies data, analytics, and execution – no need for separate CDP or middleware.
- **AI-native**: AI is embedded in the product (AI agents, automated insights, one-click execution) and in the company culture (“AI is in our DNA”).
- **Scale and reliability**: Processes 7+ billion daily events; enterprise-grade security, uptime SLAs, and peak-season support (e.g., Black Friday/Cyber Monday).
- **Integration ecosystem**: 350+ pre-built integrations with major ecommerce, payment, CRM, and analytics tools.
- **Developer-friendly**: Full APIs, webhooks, SDKs, and agentic workflow connectors (MCP, Claude, ChatGPT).

## Strategic Focus
- **Unified B2C CRM**: Consolidating fragmented legacy stacks (CDP, marketing automation, service) into one platform.
- **AI-first product development**: Leveraging AI agents and machine learning to automate personalization and campaign execution.
- **International expansion**: Offices in Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Middle East (Singapore, Paris, Sydney).
- **Enterprise growth**: Targeting large brands with dedicated CSMs, compliance, and advanced security.
- **Talent and culture**: Hiring for “ambitious people” with emphasis on ownership, feedback, and meaningful challenges.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Values-driven with a focus on “put customers first”, “stay hungry, stay humble”, “move fast, no shortcuts”, and “win together”. High agency and autonomy expected.
- **Hybrid/Remote**: Hybrid workspace model (offices in Boston, San Francisco, Denver, London, Dublin, Sydney, Singapore, Paris). Flexible PTO, company-wide Recharge Days, and a fully paid sabbatical every five years.
- **Benefits**: Comprehensive health and wellness, financial benefits (retirement support, stock discounts), family care (parental leave), learning stipends, and mentorship.
- **Engineering culture**: “Be meticulous in your craft” – solving complex problems at scale, AI and ML teams shaping the future of customer connections. Strong emphasis on continuous learning and growth.
- **Diversity and inclusion**: Intentionally woven into team building, customer service, and product creation.

## Sources
1. [klaviyo.com/careers](https://www.klaviyo.com/careers)
2. [klaviyo.com/about](https://www.klaviyo.com/about)
3. [klaviyo.com](https://www.klaviyo.com/)
4. [indeed.com/cmp/Klaviyo/about](https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Klaviyo/about)
5. [builtin.com/company/klaviyo](https://builtin.com/company/klaviyo)

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