Build Engineer - job 1 of 2

1Password is growing faster than ever. We’ve surpassed $400M in ARR and we’re continuing to accelerate, earning a spot on the Forbes Cloud 100 for four years in a row and teaming up with iconic partners like Oracle Red Bull Racing and the Utah Mammoth.

About 1Password

At 1Password, we’re building the foundation for a safe, productive digital future. Our mission is to unleash employee productivity without compromising security by ensuring every identity is authentic, every application sign-in is secure, and every device is trusted. We innovated the market-leading enterprise password manager and pioneered Extended Access Management, a new cybersecurity category built for the way people and AI agents work today. As one of the most loved brands in cybersecurity, we take a human-centric approach in everything from product strategy to user experience. Over 180,000 businesses, from Fortune 100 leaders to the world’s most innovative AI companies, trust 1Password to help their teams securely adopt the SaaS and AI tools they need to do their best work.

If you're excited about the opportunity to contribute to the digital safety of millions, to work alongside a team of curious, driven individuals, and to solve hard problems in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, then we want to hear from you. Come join us and help shape a safer, simpler digital future.

We’re looking for a developer excited to help build and operate the systems that power 1Password’s continuous integration platform. The CI Platform team owns the secure, scalable, and performant infrastructure that engineers across 1Password depend on to build, test, and validate software every day.

Our CI environment spans multiple cloud providers and supports several fleets of self-hosted runners that handle thousands of jobs each day. The platform is built for scale, reliability, and secure execution, supporting teams across 1Password. We’re also investing in foundational improvements that will define the next generation of our build platform, including secure execution environments, faster job startup, improved observability, and new approaches to runner scalability.

If you’re interested in solving technical challenges spanning multiple operating systems, orchestration, security, caching, artifact management, and observability, this is the team for you.

This is a remote opportunity within Canada and the US.

What you can expect:

• Build the systems that help engineers write, test, and ship code faster and more safely

• Improve reliability, performance, and observability of our CI environment through automation, tooling, and platform enhancements

• Partner with engineering and security teams to design secure, auditable, least privilege execution environments for CI workloads

• Develop capabilities that improve confidence in builds and empower teams to troubleshoot efficiently

• Work with a group of engineers who care deeply about making CI a strategic advantage for 1Password

What you'll do:

• Build, maintain, and improve core CI infrastructure including runners, orchestration systems, secure execution environments, caching layers, and secrets access patterns

• Work with Product and Platform Engineering to make CI faster, more reliable, more observable, and easier to use

• Instrument and evaluate the CI platform to identify bottlenecks, flaky behaviors, security risks, or degraded performance, then drive improvements to address them

• Contribute to initiatives such as reducing time to first job step execution, improving package distribution performance, strengthening build provenance and isolation guarantees, and scaling the platform to support our developer and product needs

• Collaborate with a team of engineers passionate about delivering a secure and highly scalable build environment

What we are looking for:

• Experience designing, operating, or maintaining CI systems or build infrastructure at scale

• Proficiency in Python, PowerShell, Bash, or similar scripting languages

• Experience maintaining toolchains and development environments within CI systems

• Understanding of platform-level concepts such as packaging, build isolation, reproducibility, and artifact management, with experience applying them in macOS, Linux, and Windows environments.

• Experience with infrastructure as code practices and tooling

• Experience with Kubernetes or distributed orchestration

Bonus points:

• Experience with GitHub

• Experience with Actions Runner Controller.

• Familiarity with Rust or TypeScript.

• MacOS admin experience

USA-based roles only: The annual base salary for this role is between $123,000 USD and $167,000 USD, plus immediate participation in 1Password's benefits program (health, dental, 401k and many others), utilization of our generous paid time off, an equity grant and, where applicable, participation in our incentive programs.

Canada-based roles only: The annual base salary for this role is between $111,000 CAD and $150,000 CAD, plus immediate participation in 1Password’s generous benefits program (health, dental, RRSP and many others), utilization of our generous paid time off, an equity grant and, where applicable, participation in our incentive programs.

At 1Password, we approach each individual's compensation with a promise of fair market value and internal equity commensurate with experience and specific skill set.

Our culture
At 1Password, we prioritize collaboration, clear and transparent communication, receptiveness to feedback, and alignment with our core values: keep it simple, lead with honesty, and put people first.

You’ll be part of a team that challenges the status quo, and is excited to experiment and iterate in search of the best solution. That said, 1Password is not for everyone. Our work is demanding, we strive for excellence, and the pace is fast. We need people who are keen to take on challenging problems, who seek feedback to grow, and who are driven to make an impact. If you're looking for a place where you can settle into a comfortable routine, this might not be the right fit for you. We’re looking for individuals who are proven experts in their fields, as well as those who are highly adaptable, can thrive in ambiguity and through change, are curious, and above all deliver results.

We are committed to leveraging cutting-edge technology—including AI—to achieve our mission. We also understand that thinking critically about AI in its current forms will help us create better solutions for our customers and ourselves with its future forms, which will help us continue to close the gap between security and privacy and achieve our mission. We want team members at all levels to take the approach of actively learning AI best practices, identifying opportunities to apply AI in meaningful ways, and driving innovative solutions in their daily work. Embracing the future of AI isn't just encouraged at 1Password—it's an essential part of how we will be successful at 1Password.

Our approach to remote work
We believe in the power of remote work, but recognize that in-person connection is important to help us achieve our mission. While we are a remote-first company, travel for in-person engagement is a part of almost all roles, and we require our employees to be ready and willing to take part. Frequency will depend on role and responsibilities, and may include, but is not limited to: annual department-wide offsites, team meetings, and customer/industry events.

What we offer
We believe in working hard, and rewarding that hard work through our benefits. While not an exhaustive list, here is a glance at what we currently offer:

Health and wellbeing
👶 Maternity and parental leave top-up programs
🩺 Competitive health benefits
🏝 Generous PTO policy

Growth and future
📈 RSU program for most employees
💸 Retirement matching program
🔑 Free 1Password account

Community
🤝 Paid volunteer days
🏆 Peer-to-peer recognition through Bonusly
🌎 Remote-first work environment
*Some roles in our GTM team are currently being hired for in-person hybrid work in Toronto and Austin. These roles will specify on the posting.

You belong here.

1Password is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive, diverse and equitable workplace that is built on trust, support and respect. We welcome all individuals and do not discriminate on the basis of gender identity and expression, race, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, colour, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, marital status, pregnancy, sex, citizenship, education, languages spoken or veteran status. Be yourself, find your people and share the things you love.

Accommodation is available upon request at any point during our recruitment process. If you require an accommodation, please speak to your talent acquisition partner or email us at [email protected] and we’ll work to meet your needs.

Remote work is a part of our DNA. Given that our company was founded remotely in 2005, we can safely say we're experts at building remote culture. That said, remote work at 1Password does mean working from your home country. If you've got questions or concerns about this, your talent partner would be happy to address them with you.

Successful applicants will be required to complete a background check that may consist of prior employment verification, reference checks, education confirmation, criminal background, publicly available social media, credit history, or other information, as permitted by local law.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

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