Software Platform Engineer - Platform, C++

Department: Software Engineering
Location: Budapest, Hungary

To reinvent an industry, you have to build the best team. Join Formlabs if you want to bring groundbreaking professional 3D printers to the desktop of every designer, engineer, researcher, and artist in the world. Our printers are used by Google, Tesla, NASA, and New Balance, just to name a few.

Founded in 2011, became a unicorn company in 2018, Formlabs is one of the leading 3D printer manufacturers in the world. By building up the Product Development Center in Hungary, we opened our Budapest office just over three years ago to establish key Engineering and Customer Teams in this region. Having a dynamically growing team with 70+ people we're building a company so diverse that we can tackle any challenge.

We are looking for a skilled Software Platform Engineer to join our Delivery team in Budapest. The Delivery team plays a crucial role in ensuring a smooth, efficient, and productive development experience for our software engineers. We achieve this by building, supporting, and maintaining the critical CI/CD and software delivery infrastructure, with a strong focus on enabling our C++ Desktop Software Engineering team. This role is key to accelerating our development cycles and improving the quality and delivery speed of our core desktop application.

As a Software Platform Engineer focused on our C++ desktop application, you will take ownership of maintaining and significantly improving its build system (CMake) and associated CI/CD pipelines. Your primary mission will be to enhance build speed, pipeline reliability, testing automation, and the overall developer workflow related to building, testing, and deploying this critical product.

The Job:

• Optimize build configurations and processes to improve build speed, reliability, and developer efficiency.
• Manage third-party dependencies, library integration, and versioning within the build framework.
• Ensure the build system supports cross-platform compilation and development environments (e.g., Windows, macOS, Linux) as required.
• Develop and maintain scripts (e.g., Python, Bash, PowerShell) to automate infrastructure tasks, environment setup, and developer workflows related to the build and CI/CD process.
• Evaluate and integrate tools to improve code quality checks, testing efficiency, and overall pipeline robustness.
• Collaborate closely with C++ software development teams to understand their needs regarding the build and CI/CD infrastructure.
• Create and maintain clear documentation for build processes, CI/CD pipeline configurations, tooling, and best practices.
• Monitor the performance and health of the build infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines.

You:

• You possess strong, hands-on experience managing and optimizing build systems for C++ projects, particularly using CMake.
• You are proficient in troubleshooting complex C++ build and linking issues across different platforms (Windows, macOS, Linux).
• You have proven experience designing, implementing, and maintaining robust CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, or Azure DevOps.
• You are skilled in automating build, testing (unit, integration, static analysis), and packaging processes within a CI/CD context.
• You are proficient in scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or PowerShell, using them to automate infrastructure tasks and create tooling.
• You understand the specific challenges related to building, testing, and deploying C++ desktop applications.
• You possess excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, capable of diagnosing issues within complex build and CI/CD environments.
• You have strong communication and collaboration skills, enabling you to effectively support and work with C++ development teams.
• You are proactive in identifying bottlenecks and implementing improvements to enhance build speed, pipeline reliability, and developer experience.
• You are comfortable managing dependencies and integrating third-party libraries into a C++ build process.
• You likely hold a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or have equivalent practical experience demonstrating these skills.

Bonus Skills:

• You are familiar with containerization technologies like Docker and potentially container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes) for creating consistent build/test environments.
• You have experience using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible, Pulumi) to define and manage build or CI/CD infrastructure.
• You possess deeper knowledge of advanced CMake features (e.g., custom modules, complex target handling) or specific C++ analysis tools (like Clang-Tidy, Valgrind, AddressSanitizer).
• You have experience with specific desktop application packaging formats and tools (e.g., MSIX, WiX installers on Windows; DMG bundles on macOS).
• You have experience setting up or using monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack) specifically for CI/CD or build infrastructure performance.
• You have contributed to or maintained open-source projects, especially related to build systems or developer tooling.

We Offer:

• Catered lunch at the office 3 days per week
• Private health insurance with Medicover (Blue package + hospital coverage)
• A monthly or quarterly public transportation pass for Budapest
• Free beverages and snacks at the office
• All You Can Move sports pass with 7000 HUF monthly allowance
• Free 3D prints
• An inclusive, dog-friendly office with diverse and inspiring colleagues
• Development opportunities both in-house and off-site

We build amazing things. Come join us!

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company.  We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.  

Even if you don't check every box, but see yourself contributing, please apply. Help us build an inclusive community that will change the face of 3D printing.

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