About the Role

The Build team at Gap Inc. plays a key role in enabling engineering teams to deliver software efficiently and reliably. As a Software Engineer on the Build team, you will help support and improve the CI/CD infrastructure, tools, and processes used across the organization.

What You'll Do

Responsibilities: · Supporting and maintaining CI/CD systems used by engineering teams.

· Building and improving tools that simplify build and deployment workflows.

· Partnering with platform and product teams to enhance developer experience.

· Reducing friction in build and deployment processes so teams can focus on delivering features.

· Assist in maintaining and improving build systems and CI/CD pipelines.

· Help identify issues in build and deployment workflows and contribute to solutions that improve reliability and reduce build times.

· Follow established best practices for source control, builds, and deployments, and contribute to improving them over time.

· Learn and experiment with current build tools and technologies, sharing insights with the team.

· Participate in code reviews and collaborate with teammates on shared solutions.

· Write and maintain scripts or small tools to improve developer workflows.

· Work with other platform teams (Ship, Schedule, Observe) to support overall engineering goals.

· Participate in an on-call rotation with support from senior team members.

· Help monitor build systems and contribute to resolving incidents and improving stability.





· Contribute to documentation to help teams use build and deployment tools effectively.

Who You Are

· 4+yrs of software engineering experience, with some exposure to CI/CD or build system. · You have hands-on development experience building and maintaining applications or services and understand basic software development practices.

· You are comfortable working with Git and standard version control workflows.

· You have some experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins) or are eager to learn.

· You are familiar with at least one programming language (e.g., Terraform, Python, Java, or Go).

· You have basic exposure to Docker or containerized applications.

· You are familiar with cloud platforms (GCP or Azure) at a foundational level.

· You have basic Linux knowledge and can troubleshoot simple issues.

· You are eager to learn, ask questions, and collaborate with teammates.

· You can write clear and simple technical documentation.

· You are comfortable working in a team environment and taking ownership of small to medium-sized tasks.

Core up-front tools/skillsets

- CI/CD tools: GitHub Actions, Jenkins (basic pipeline knowledge)
- Programming/Scripting: Python, Java, or Go, Terraform
- Version Control: Git (branching, PR workflows)
- Containers: Docker; basic Kubernetes concepts
- Cloud: GCP/Azure (foundational knowledge)
- Build Tools: Maven, Gradle, npm (basic usage)
- OS Skills: Linux fundamentals and troubleshooting
- Collaboration: documentation, team communication

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