Staff CI/CD Build and Release Software Engineer

QualcommSan Diego, California🇺🇸United StatesPosted Oct 1, 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This hybrid role at Qualcomm offers you the chance to shape and optimize cutting-edge CI/CD pipelines for groundbreaking 5G technology, fostering significant career growth within a globally respected company. You'll thrive here if you're a mid-senior engineer passionate about building robust automation and collaborating with international teams to drive efficient and reliable software releases. Apply now to contribute to the future of wireless innovation and enhance your DevOps expertise.

Quick Overview

Seniority

Mid Senior

Employment type

Full Time

Work mode

Hybrid

Location

San Diego, California, United States

Docker5GBashGitKubernetesPython

Job Description

Qualcomm seeks a Staff Software Engineer for CI, build, and release pipelines supporting cutting edge wireless and 5G products. You will design, implement, and optimize scalable CI/CD systems, build orchestration, and automated release workflows for complex semiconductor and software stacks. Responsibilities include developing robust build scripts, managing artifact repositories, integrating test automation, improving reliability and performance, and enforcing quality and security gates. You'll collaborate with global engineering teams to streamline releases, troubleshoot pipeline issues, and drive best practices in DevOps, tooling, and release engineering.

Responsibilities

Design and maintain scalable CI/CD pipelines for wireless and 5
G-related software and tooling
Develop and optimize build systems, scripts, and automation for complex semiconductor and software stacks
Implement and manage artifact repositories, versioning, and release packaging workflows
Integrate automated testing, quality checks, and security gates into build and release pipelines
Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve build, CI, and deployment issues across environments
Collaborate with global engineering teams to streamline release processes and improve developer productivity
Define and enforce best practices for CI/CD, branching strategies, and configuration management
Continuously improve pipeline performance, reliability, and observability through metrics and tooling

Required Skills

CI/CD pipeline design and implementation
Build systems (CMake, Bazel, Gradle, or similar)
Source control and branching strategies (Git)
Scripting languages (Python, Bash, or similar)
Artifact repository management (Artifactory, Nexus, etc.)
Test automation integration in CI/CDContainerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
Monitoring and observability for pipelines
Linux development environments
Release engineering and configuration management