R&D Software Engineer

Austin, Texas

Broadcom Corporation
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Job Description:

R&D Software Engineer - Source Code Management (SCM) Tools Engineer

The Elevator Pitch: Why will you enjoy this new opportunity?

The VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) division enables organizations worldwide to run their business critical and modern applications in a secure, resilient, and cost-efficient manner. Our flagship product VMware vSphere, and our industry-leading technologies including vSAN, NSX, and Aria, enable Broadcom customers the scale and agility of a public cloud with the security and performance of a private cloud.

You're looking for an opportunity to work for a company whose software is utilized by every Fortune 500 company and significantly impacts every industry. You want to be a part of an outcome driven environment whose teams care about the product they are creating, how they create it, and the impact it has on customers' business objectives. You love solving problems and learning new things. Technologies come and go, but that's exciting because of the endless possibilities it creates.

You love to collaborate with existing teams bridging the gap between infrastructure, tools, services, and developers. You have a wellspring of knowledge to share highlighting your experience in building robust solutions which solve complex problems within the domain of Source Code Management.

Success in the Role: What are the performance goals over the first 6-12 months you will work toward completing?
  • You will directly improve the way in which VCF developers engage day to day with SCM (Perforce, GitHub), and Build infrastructure
  • You will analyze business problems, and requirements and spearhead engineering efforts to meet objectives
  • You will proactively identify development productivity and operational risks, and implement scripts, tools and services to address them.
  • You will engage with other Sr. Engineering leaders to design, review, and code solutions.
  • You will ensure that the IT DevOps organization understands and is aligned to VCF business requirements and delivers projects to specification.
The Work: What type of work will you be doing? What assignments, requirements, or skills will you be performing on a regular basis?
  • Educate your colleagues as to the latest SCM (Perforce, GitHub) features, tools, technologies, and practices to enhance system functionality and efficiency.
  • Define/Refine, Implement, and Operate productivity and management solutions for VCF developers and release managers in the areas of branching, merging, code-review (PR), and SCM interoperability automation.
  • Build and operate tools and services to support: SCM migration activities from Perforce to GitHub (including monorepos), Product builds using custom SCM automation to implement spare-checkout, git-archive, and sha-caching, as well as other automation which increases VCF developer productivity when interacting with source control.
  • Understand VCF developer workflow needs across the enterprise in order to be an effective advocate.
  • Understand SCM governance best-practices in order to confidently communicate-with and define appropriate solutions on behalf of stakeholders.
  • Create and improve observability of our tools and services to meet SLO's.
  • Participate in an on-call rotation with the larger engineering services organization in order to ensure SLO's are met, and build a broad understanding of our systems, tools, and processes.
  • Create high-quality documentation helping to maintain procedures, guidelines, and training materials.
Requirements:
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field and 12+ years of related experience or Masters degree in Computer Science or related field and 10+ years of related experience.
What is the leadership like for this role? What is the structure and culture of the team like?

We believe in collaborative, autonomous teams focused on predictable delivery and measurable results. Our leadership strives to create a healthy environment for you to do your best work, and will empower you to work directly with your team to deliver outcomes. We are highly technical and grounded in experience, passion, and focus.

Your manager will be an experienced Software Engineer. They will support your growth through training, mentorship, and stretch opportunities. You should expect regular 1:1 meetings with your manager that are focused on project support and career planning.

Additional Job Description:

Compensation and Benefits

The annual base salary range for this position is $127,000 - $225,000

This position is also eligible for a discretionary annual bonus in accordance with relevant plan documents, and equity in accordance with equity plan documents and equity award agreements.

Broadcom offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits package: Medical, dental and vision plans, 401(K) participation including company matching, Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP), Employee Assistance Program (EAP), company paid holidays, paid sick leave and vacation time. The company follows all applicable laws for Paid Family Leave and other leaves of absence.

Broadcom is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We will consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability status, medical condition, pregnancy, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. We will also consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records consistent with local law.

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Date Posted: 04 April 2025
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