# Senior Engineer - Agents

**Company**: Buildkite
**Location**: ANZ Region
**Work arrangement**: remote
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

**Apply**: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/buildkite/jobs/5399252008?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply
**Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_73170ded-99d

## Description

## About the Role

The Senior Engineer - Agents role involves maintaining the Buildkite Agent, an open-source agent crucial for the company's CI platform. The team works at the intersection of technical infrastructure and AI agents, ensuring the agent's reliability and performance.

## Responsibilities

### Ship

- Break down complex problems into manageable tasks that can be completed within a short timeframe.

- Own features from conception to deployment and maintenance.

- Design systems that anticipate partial failures and constant changes.

### Own

- Dive deep into problems and provide solutions.

- Participate in Sweep, a rotation that involves handling incoming issues and providing support.

- Contribute ideas to the roadmap and execute plans.

- Manage incidents and prevent minor issues from escalating.

### Communicate

- Clearly articulate actions, findings, and concerns to both technical and non-technical audiences.

- Collaborate with peers through pairing, code reviews, and feedback.

- Utilize AI tooling effectively to solve problems.

## Requirements

- Proficiency in Go or Ruby, with a willingness to work in either language.

- Experience with production environments and a track record of shipping features.

- Strong communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively.

## Nice to Have

- Experience with Kubernetes, AWS, Terraform, PostgreSQL, React, and GraphQL.

- Background in developer tooling, CI/CD, or similar fields.

## Benefits

- Flexible work arrangements, including remote work and a work-from-anywhere policy for up to 6 weeks a year.

- Generous leave policies, including 20 days of annual leave and 10 days of sick and carer's leave.

- Comprehensive parental leave and support for learning and growth.

- Access to confidential EAP and mental health support.

## Skills

### Required
- Go
- Ruby
- CI/CD
- Agent development

### Nice to have
- Kubernetes
- AWS
- Terraform
- PostgreSQL
- React
- GraphQL

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