DevOps Engineer
Not disclosed
Salary
Not disclosed by employer
£52,300
Going rate
Skilled Worker going rate
This role likely qualifies for a Skilled Worker visa
SOC 2139 (85% match) is an eligible occupation, with a going rate of £52,300, and Wayve is a licensed sponsor. That is our reading of the rules. Whether they issue a Certificate of Sponsorship is still their call.
This could also be SOC 2134 (Programmers and software development professionals, Heavy focus on build tooling and automation could fit software development) or SOC 2133 (IT business analysts, architects and systems designers, CI/CD infrastructure and tooling work resembles IT infrastructure engineering). We read the code off the advert, so it is our best guess, not the employer's.
About the role
As a DevOps CI/CD Engineer, you’ll work on the build and CI/CD systems that enable Wayve’s engineering teams to develop, test, and release software efficiently and reliably.
You’ll help make our pipelines faster, more scalable, more secure, and easier for engineers to use. You’ll work closely with software engineers across the business to understand workflow pain points, troubleshoot complex build and pipeline issues, and deliver infrastructure and tooling improvements that have a direct impact on engineering productivity.
This is a hands-on engineering role with opportunities to deepen your expertise across CI/CD infrastructure, build systems, developer experience, automation, and operational best practices.
Key Responsibilities
- Build, maintain, and improve CI/CD pipelines and build infrastructure across development, testing, and release workflows.
- Improve build performance, reliability, and scalability, including caching, dependency management, incremental builds, and reproducible builds.
- Develop tooling and automation that improves developer workflows and reduces build and test feedback times.
- Operate and scale CI infrastructure, including build agents, runners, artifact storage, and supporting services.
- Monitor, investigate, and troubleshoot build and pipeline failures, working with engineering teams to identify root causes and implement long-term fixes.
- Contribute to the evolution of Wayve’s CI/CD architecture, security, and operational practices as engineering workloads scale.
- Partner with engineering teams to improve developer experience and support efficient software delivery.
- 3+ years of experience in DevOps, build engineering, CI/CD, developer infrastructure, platform engineering, or a related engineering role.
- Hands-on experience building, maintaining, or significantly improving CI/CD pipelines and automation systems.
- Experience operating CI infrastructure at scale, including runners, agents, distributed build systems, or self-hosted CI environments.
- Experience with cloud infrastructure, containers, Kubernetes, or infrastructure-as-code.
- Exposure to security best practices in CI/CD environments, including secrets management, dependency security, and pipeline hardening.
- Experience improving developer experience or internal platform tooling.
- Experience supporting software delivery in complex engineering environments, such as robotics, autonomous systems, machine learning, or large-scale software platforms.
This description is the source posting as it read when we added it. We are not affiliated with Wayve, so check their own site for the current details.
Where this offer sits in the market
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Does this job guarantee visa sponsorship?
Not necessarily. Wayve holds a sponsor licence, but sponsorship for a specific hire is always the employer's decision. Be upfront in your application that you'll require it.
What salary is needed for this role to be eligible?
The offer must clear both the general threshold and the SOC 2139 going rate of £52,300. New-entrant and shortage discounts can lower it.