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Chalk

Software Engineer, Developer Productivity

SF$170k–$280kfulltimemidAdded today

About this role

Chalk seeks the first dedicated Software Engineer for Developer Productivity to own and scale build systems, CI infrastructure, and developer experience across a high-performance ML data platform. You'll work with Bazel, C++, and Rust to optimize builds and tests for a system handling 100k QPS with 5ms latency, serving the entire engineering organization.

What you'll do

  • Own Bazel build system including toolchains, dependency management, and remote execution infrastructure
  • Build and maintain containerized dev environments with consistent experience across engineering team
  • Establish and enforce test and benchmark patterns aligned with system latency requirements
  • Maintain CI health by optimizing speed, reliability, and completion rates across GitHub Actions and Buildkite
  • Reduce test flakiness and improve build performance through caching, remote execution, and dependency hygiene
  • Drive performance improvements in C++ and Rust builds through toolchain optimization and system design

What they're looking for

  • Bazel (BUILD files, Starlark, toolchain configuration, workspace migration)
  • C++ software engineering
  • CI/CD systems and infrastructure
  • Build system optimization and remote execution
  • Docker and containerization
  • Systems performance and benchmarking
  • Rust (beneficial)
  • Buildkite or GitHub Actions
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Chalk

Chalk builds a machine learning data platform that powers ML applications at scale with developer-friendly tools and infrastructure. The company is hiring full-stack engineers, frontend engineers, infrastructure engineers, backend engineers, and a content lead to build and expand their Rust-powered platform across distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and developer experience.

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Likely interview questions

  • Walk us through a Bazel migration or large workspace you've worked on—what were the biggest challenges and how did you solve them?
  • How would you approach reducing build times for a C++ project while maintaining hermeticity?
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