Bazel Engineer (Expert)

VirtusLab is a leading European software consulting and engineering company. Our mission is to craft clean code and practical solutions with precision and purpose. We foster a dynamic culture rooted in strong engineering, a sense of ownership, and transparency, empowering professionals to make a substantial impact in the software industry.

Project Overview & Engagement Profile

Core Bazel team

Project scope

The project focuses on delivering a blend of consultancy, migration and working on open source related to Bazel. Members of the team work on short and medium-length projects around Bazel and, at some point, become the founding members of longer-lived teams. Deliverables encompass:

• Executing smooth Bazel migrations
• Promoting Bazel ecosystems and engineering expertise through technical conferences, meetups, blog posts, and social media channels - only if you feel comfortable with it.
• Developing high-quality open-source and internal solutions tailored to Bazel
• Supporting pre-sales activities and strategic technical consultancy
• Developing and delivering training sessions and mentoring engineering teams - only if you feel comfortable with it.

Tech stack

Bazel, Starlark, Python

Project Challenges

The engagement is a part of the group that solves problems too hard for the client’s own team, even backed by LLMs. Works spans multiple ecosystems, codebase sizes, and setup quality - from helping startups to working on work-class Bazel builds (like those at Airbnb, Databricks, or Uber). It requires driving technical initiatives and applying creative problem-solving approaches.

Team

An elite engineering squad consisting of 10 Bazel Experts across various short and mid-term projects.

Required Expertise & Competencies

• Track record in developing solutions around build tools, maintaining robust CI/CD pipelines, or optimising SDLC processes
• Expertise in Bazel (preferred) or other build tools
• Interest in build systems, SDLC, and developer tooling in general
• Proficiency in at least one software ecosystem (JVM, Rust, Go, TypeScript, C++ or similar)
• Excellent communication skills combined with a pragmatic approach to technical problem-solving
• Proactive approach to blocker resolution and collaborative technical alignment
• High autonomy in task execution and output delivery
• Public speaking, technical blogging, and community engagement experience are significant assets, alongside strong mentoring and knowledge-sharing capabilities

Don’t worry if you don’t meet all the requirements. What matters most is your passion and willingness to develop.

A few perks of being with us

• Building tech community
• Flexible hybrid work model
• Home office reimbursement
• Language lessons
• MyBenefit points
• Private healthcare
• Training Package
• Virtusity / in-house training

And a lot more!

Access to the above perks is optional and completely voluntary for B2B contractors