Senior Build Engineer
Superblocks
Software Engineering
New York, NY, USA
USD 165k-190k / year + Equity
Posted on Sep 11, 2025
Senior Build Engineer
New York City (HQ)
Engineering
In office
Full-time
Superblocks is reimagining software development for a billion builders. Our mission is to help every team build, deploy, and manage AI-powered software with full control and flexibility.
Why Join Us?
We’re one of the fastest-growing AI startups, backed by top-tier investors and widely adopted by companies like Instacart, Sofi, Betterment, and Carrier. Our team comes from Uber, Stripe, Datadog, Confluent, Elastic, and Google, and has founded/architected systems like Kafka, Kibana, Debezium, Datadog APM, and more.
Since launching Clark, our AI builder, the response has been overwhelming with strong adoption from enterprises across different industries.
We’re fully in-person at our NYC HQ near Union Square and are looking for exceptional engineers who are passionate about creating great products.
The Role
You will play a critical role in designing, maintaining, and optimizing the entire engineering org’s efficiency by optimizing our build systems, CI/CD pipelines, AI tooling, developer workflows, and more.
You’ll thrive here if you’re low-ego, hands-on, and energized by building fast, learning constantly, and solving real-world problems with smart teammates.
Responsibilities:
- Design and optimize engineering build and tooling across the org and optimize time to ship.
- Proactively identify bottlenecks and inefficiencies across the development lifecycle.
- Partner with builders to streamline workflows and improve productivity.
- Implement best in class tooling and staying up to date with the latest tools.
Must haves:
- 3+ years of experience in a build engineering or infrastructure role
- Expertise in architecting CI/CD systems with tools like GitHub Actions, CircleCI, or Jenkins
- Proficiency in scripting languages and operating systems
- You’re all-in and committed to building a generational AI company, far beyond a 9 to 5 job.
Compensation:
The base salary ranges between $165,000–$190,000+ USD, plus a generous equity package and benefits. Final comp will be based on experience and skills.
If you’re excited to build the experience that can enable the next billion builders and AI-powered apps, let’s talk.
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