About Eightfold

Eightfold is a global leader in an AI-native enterprise talent platform, trusted by the world’s largest & most respected Fortune 500 organizations. Our platform is built from the ground up, operating at scale across Azure and AWS, deployed in multiple regions globally, including IL4-compliant environments for the US Government, supporting users in 100+ countries and 30+ languages. Today, Eightfold is at the forefront of agentic AI, delivering intelligent agents that actively drive outcomes across hiring and talent workflows, while much of the industry is still experimenting with prototypes. Backed by over $410M in funding and valued at $2B+, we are defining the next era of agentic talent systems.

What sets Eightfold apart is not just the technology & our mission, but the team behind it. We are a deeply technical, execution-driven organization that values ownership, collaboration, and high standards. Our engineers, product leaders, and go-to-market teams work closely together — in person and across functions — to build systems that scale in the real world. If you’re excited to work on hard problems, move with urgency, raise the bar every day, and help build agentic systems that transform how the world works, Eightfold is the place to do it.

About the role:

This role is responsible for building, operating, and continuously improving the systems and processes that enable fast, reliable, and scalable delivery of software across our AI platforms. You will design and maintain CI/CD pipelines, automate infrastructure and deployment workflows, and ensure production systems are stable, observable, and secure.

Your primary objective is to significantly improve the speed, reliability, and quality of software releases while supporting large-scale, cloud-based Linux environments used for data- and compute-intensive workloads.

You will work closely with engineering, ML, and platform teams to implement practical solutions that reduce friction, improve feedback loops, and support rapid experimentation and production readiness.

Responsibilities:

● Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for application and platform services

● Automate build, test, release, and deployment workflows across environments

● Ensure software builds and deployments are predictable, repeatable, and reliable

● Support production and pre-production deployments, including troubleshooting infrastructure, configuration, and code-related issues

● Improve and maintain tooling and infrastructure that supports rapid and reliable software delivery

● Collaborate with development teams to provide fast feedback on source code changes

● Identify, manage, and mitigate risks impacting delivery, quality, or system stability

● Assist in diagnosing and resolving system and application issues across all environments

● Advocate for improvements to build, release, and deployment tooling and practices

● Write and maintain clear, concise technical documentation.

Requirements:

● 6+ years of experience across the full SDLC, including CI/CD, configuration management, deployments, and production support in cloud environments

● Strong hands-on experience with AWS & modern SaaS service at scale

● Strong programming experience in Java, Python, and Shell scripting

● Solid understanding of Git-based version control, including branching and merging strategies

● Experience with build and release tools such as Maven, Ant, or Gradle

● Proven ability to quickly understand and implement new tools, systems, and workflows

Nice to Have:

● Experience with Jenkins (including plugins), Ansible, or similar CI/CD and automation tools

● Experience using JIRA and Confluence

● Exposure to infrastructure supporting data-intensive or AI/ML workloads

Hybrid work @ Eightfold:

At Eightfold, we believe our best work happens when we collaborate closely, learn from one another, and build together. We follow a hybrid work model that combines flexibility with a strong emphasis on in-person collaboration to foster innovation, culture, and rapid execution.

Employees based near our Santa Clara, Bangalore, and Noida offices are expected to work from the office three days per week, as we believe regular in-person engagement is essential to how we build high-impact products and strong teams.

Eightfold.ai provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, or disability.

Experience our comprehensive benefits with family medical, vision and dental coverage, a competitive base salary, and eligibility for equity awards and discretionary bonuses or commissions.

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