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title: 'Software Engineering Lead - Build Systems, Compilers and Languages at EngFlow'
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# Software Engineering Lead - Build Systems, Compilers and Languages at EngFlow 

- **Company:** EngFlow 
- **Location:** New York, NY
- **Compensation:** $160k–$220k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-01-27
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-10
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/engflow/6ebec6f0-f2e4-4a1a-a94b-34955f4173ed

## Job description

At EngFlow, we help developers save time by accelerating software builds and tests. Our cloud-based, distributed service optimizes developer workflows through remote execution and caching, improving efficiency, productivity, and product quality. Backed by top investors, EngFlow is redefining how companies build software and ship well-tested products. Our solutions speed up builds by a factor of 10 or more, while our observability platform provides actionable insights for optimization. Founded by key contributors to Bazel, we build tools that empower engineering teams—from startups to Fortune 500 companies—to enhance developer velocity and improve build performance. Learn more about our mission, culture, and team: [EngFlow](https://www.engflow.com/) | [Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8UMhFS8esc)

As a Software Engineering Manager focused on build systems, compilers, and languages, you will lead core engineers and drive the development of key features for our platform. You will play a pivotal role in contributing to Bazel, gRPC, Goma, Soong, CMake, and other open-source projects, solving complex scalability and performance challenges. This role offers ample opportunities to experiment with the latest tech and build a scalable product used by some of the most exciting tech companies in the world. You will report to the Head of Product Engineering, and your responsibilities will include leading projects, managing a growing team, and contributing directly to both product and platform engineering. Over time, this role has the potential to transition from an individual contributor to a team manager.

## Requirements

- Leadership Experience: Proven experience managing and influencing technical teams. Hands-on remote team management experience is a plus.
- Optimization Passion: A deep interest in optimization, especially related to compilers, programming languages, and build systems like Bazel, CMake, Maven, Gradle, Nix, or Buck.
- DevOps & DevInfra Experience: Passion for DevOps and DevInfra, with expertise in Linux, Unix, and cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP, OpenShift, Oracle Cloud). Experience with Terraform is a plus.
- Technical Proficiency: Programming experience in Java, and proficiency in other languages like C++ and Rust is a plus.
- Asynchronous Programming: Experience with asynchronous programming and scalable software architectures.
- Software at Scale: Proven experience delivering software at scale and maintaining operational excellence.
- Conflict Resolution & Communication: Strong conflict resolution skills and the ability to effectively communicate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- On-Call Rotation: Willingness to participate in an on-call rotation to handle escalated production issues.

## Benefits

We offer comprehensive medical, dental, vision benefits, 401k bonus, parental leave and generous vacation. The team is fully remote but we enjoy meeting together several times a year at exciting destinations throughout the world. We value getting the work done and having fun while doing it, and have done numerous fun team events such as chocolate, whisky and tea tastings, monthly team games, escape the room among other fun events.

## About EngFlow 

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: EngFlow provides a build and test acceleration platform that distributes and caches software builds to make them faster, created by core Bazel engineers.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series A) – total funding $21.9M as of November 2022 [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/engflow).
- **Headquarters**: Austin, Texas, United States [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/engflow).
- **Founded**: 2020 [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/engflow).
- **Founders**: Ulf Adams (CTO) and Helen Altshuler (CEO) [engflow.com](https://www.engflow.com/company/team).

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Developer infrastructure / build systems.
- **Target customers**: B2B – startups to Fortune 500 companies; engineering teams of all sizes.
- **Mission/purpose**: Keep developers in flow by eliminating slow builds and tests, increasing engineering productivity.

## Products & Services
- **Remote Execution**: Distributes builds and tests across a cluster of machines to cut build time by 5–10x [engflow.com](https://www.engflow.com/).
- **Remote Caching**: Caches build outputs to avoid redundant work, reducing cloud costs by 20–50% [engflow.com](https://www.engflow.com/).
- **Build and Test UI**: View build/test results in a browser and share them with the team [engflow.com](https://www.engflow.com/).
- **Bazel Invocation Analyzer** (free tool): Analyzes Bazel profiles and gives personalized performance improvement suggestions [engflow.com](https://www.engflow.com/).
- **Migration & Custom Rules**: Professional services to migrate to Bazel, create custom build rules, and optimize existing build systems [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/engflow).
- **Platform compatibility**: Supports Bazel, Buck v2, CMake, AOSP, Chromium, and works with major CI systems [engflow.com](https://www.engflow.com/).

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not disclosed.
- **Key Metric**: $21.9M total funding (Seed $3.7M, Series A $18M, plus $200K corporate round) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/engflow); estimated annual revenue of $1M [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/engflow).
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Lead investor in Series A: Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/engflow). Additional investors undisclosed.
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - Headcount of 56 (October 2025 data), +31.9% YoY [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/engflow).
  - Acquired tipi.build in March 2025 [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/engflow).
  - Used by Fortune 500 companies [apply.workable.com](https://apply.workable.com/engflow/?lng=en).
  - SOC 2 Type 2 audited security [engflow.com](https://www.engflow.com/).
  - Operates in 13 countries including Germany, Colombia, Spain, UK, Netherlands [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/engflow).

## Competitive Advantages
- **Team expertise**: Built by the lead developer of Bazel and core Blaze/Bazel engineers from Google [engflow.com](https://www.engflow.com/company/team).
- **Performance**: Proven 5–10x speed improvement and 20–50% cloud cost reduction [engflow.com](https://www.engflow.com/).
- **Flexibility**: Supports multiple build systems (Bazel, Buck, CMake, AOSP, Chromium) and can be deployed on customer’s cloud or EngFlow’s infrastructure [engflow.com](https://www.engflow.com/).
- **Compliance & security**: SOC 2 Type 2 certified, SSO included, no hidden costs [engflow.com](https://www.engflow.com/).
- **Open-source contributions**: Maintains the free Bazel Invocation Analyzer tool [engflow.com](https://www.engflow.com/).

## Strategic Focus
- Scaling remote execution and caching to support 100,000+ core clusters [engflow.com](https://www.engflow.com/).
- Expanding platform integration (e.g., tipi.build acquisition) to serve more developer workflows [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/engflow).
- Deepening enterprise adoption with 24/7 support and dedicated Bazel experts [engflow.com](https://www.engflow.com/).
- Growing the engineering team to accelerate product development (22 active job postings as of late 2025) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/engflow).

## Why Work Here
- **Remote-first culture**: Fully remote company hiring globally across 13+ countries [engflow.com](https://www.engflow.com/company/careers).
- **People-focused**: Roles are created around individual skills and interests, matched with company needs; core values LEAP: Loyalty, Excellence, Adventure, Perseverance [engflow.com](https://www.engflow.com/company/careers).
- **Benefits**: Generous vacation, healthcare, parental leave [engflow.com](https://www.engflow.com/company/careers).
- **Engineering excellence**: Work alongside top Bazel experts and former Google engineers; tech stack includes Java, C++, Python, JavaScript [engflow.com](https://www.engflow.com/company/careers).
- **Growth**: Fast-growing company (+31.9% headcount YoY) with opportunities to shape product and culture [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/engflow).
- **Autonomy**: Flexible, async culture that values experimentation and learning from mistakes [engflow.com](https://www.engflow.com/company/careers).

## Sources
1. [engflow.com]((https://www.engflow.com/)
2. [engflow.com/company/careers]((https://www.engflow.com/company/careers)
3. [engflow.com/company/team]((https://www.engflow.com/company/team)
4. [linkedin.com/company/engflow]((https://www.linkedin.com/company/engflow)
5. [apply.workable.com/engflow]((https://apply.workable.com/engflow/?lng=en)

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