Senior Embedded Build & Release Engineer

Job Title

Senior Embedded Build & Release Engineer

Role Summary

Join the Fast Models DevOps & QA team within Arm's Software (CE-SW) group to design, implement and maintain build and release infrastructure for large-scale C/C++ software used by internal developer teams and customers. The role focuses on CI/CD, build automation, release coordination and tooling modernization for embedded and simulation software.

Experience Level

Senior — typically 8–10 years of relevant experience in build/release engineering, test automation, or DevOps for large software projects.

Responsibilities

Key responsibilities include:

• Design, implement and maintain scalable build systems for large C/C++ codebases (build orchestration, toolchains, build caching).
• Develop and automate CI/CD workflows and pipelines to support continuous integration, testing and releases.
• Investigate and resolve build, infrastructure and test failures in collaboration with developer teams.
• Coordinate and support release activities across teams and stakeholders.
• Analyze test results and metrics to drive quality improvements and inform engineering decisions.
• Modernize tooling and automation infrastructure, improving release workflows and developer productivity.
• Operate and support Linux-based build environments and cloud infrastructure used by the toolchain and CI systems.

Requirements

Must-have skills and experience:

• 8–10 years of professional experience in build/release engineering, DevOps or related software engineering roles.
• Hands-on Python experience and test automation development.
• Experience with C/C++ build systems and tooling such as CMake and Ninja.
• Proven experience setting up and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and leading large projects.
• Comfortable working in Linux environments via CLI and scripting.
• Familiarity with cloud-based infrastructure and services.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively across teams and with stakeholders.

Nice-to-have:

• Experience with Conan, Groovy scripting and Jenkins DSL.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, TeamCity, GitLab CI/CD, CircleCI.
• Infrastructure-as-code experience (Ansible, Chef, Terraform, Pulumi).
• Container and orchestration experience (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS/EKS/AKS).
• Cloud automation (Boto3) and experience across AWS, GCP or Azure.
• Data analytics and dashboarding solutions experience.

Education Requirements

Not specified.

About the Company

Company: Arm

Headquarters: Cambridge, United Kingdom

ARM is a global leader in semiconductor and software design, driving innovation in computing technology. The company specializes in designing processors and systems that provide the essential building blocks for electronic devices. ARM's architecture is widely used in smartphones, servers, and IoT devices, and its collaborative culture fosters bold thinking, diversity, and high-impact benefits for its talented workforce.