Coming Soon - Java Build Engineer

Coming Soon - Build Engineer

As we look forward in our 2024 road map we are posting some of our jobs that will be open to get a jumpstart on our hiring process.

ActiveState is reinventing build engineering with an on-demand SaaS Platform and CLI tool that lets developers automate the building of any runtime environment for any open source language ecosystem on Linux, Windows and MacOS.

We're obsessed with providing tools to eliminate all the distractions that are preventing developers from doing the one thing they love the most : code.

We have a vision of putting the ActiveState Platform at the center of every open-source decision that engineering organizations make, and to be the de facto catalog for trusted open source artifacts for the Enterprise.

With the ActiveState Platform, development teams can use the best open source tools for the job and shift left with security without experiencing or causing frustration with others in their organizations.

This position is available to remote workers anywhere in North America, as long as you are able to work on a schedule that aligns with our core business hours of 10 : 00am - 4 : 00pm PST (UTC-08).

This position is open to fresh graduates, junior and intermediate applicants. The rate for this position will be commensurate with your experience.

What You’ll Be Doing

As an integral member of the Build Engineering Team within Customer Success, you will leverage the ActiveState Platform to deliver value to our enterprise customers.

We are looking for people who are experienced in building Python and Perl run-time environments for Windows and Linux. You will have a strong understanding of compilers such as GCC, G++, MSVC and build tools such as make, autotools, and bazel.

This is an opportunity to leverage your build engineering skills and gain business exposure and experience in customer success, to what degree is entirely up to you.

If you want to focus on excelling in build engineering that’s great too!

What’s In It For You

• Working for a stable and growing company that offers the environment and personal growth potential of a start-up.
• The chance to work with a smart, passionate team of people.
• Competitive salary, bonus, and stock option plan.
• Comprehensive benefits package and health / wellness credit program.

Requirements

• Able to build complete Python Runtime Environments
• Understand how to build C and C++ code on Windows and Linux
• Experience with Microsoft Visual Studio C / C++ compilers
• Experience with Linux compilers including GCC and G++
• Excellent written and spoken skills, both technical and non-technical. You’ll need to work closely with your developer teammates, as well as be able to have coherent conversations with people from QA, sales, marketing, and other parts of the company.
• A willingness to engage in the process of defining requirements through conversations with product management, other engineering teams, and the rest of the company.

Assets

If you have experience with any of the following please make sure to highlight it in your cover letter :

• Knowledge or involvement with Python, Perl, Tcl, or Ruby language communities and their toolchains
• Use of build tools such as make, autotools, bazel, etc.
• Experience with the Msys2 tools on Windows
• Agile processes, including breaking large projects up into smaller stories, estimation, working in branches (GitHub Flow), code review, and CI
• Experience writing Perl code
• Building software for MacOS
• Experience with Big Iron operating systems including Solaris, AIX, and HP-UX
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