Buildkite
About
Build Your Dream Workflows with No Limits On
We build tools to help the best software teams stay happy and productive. We’ve rethought how CI/CD should work and have built a platform that is fast, reliable, secure, and is able to scale to the needs of the most demanding high-growth tech companies.
- Location
- Melbourne
- Website
- Visit website
- Employees
- 51-100
- Industry
- BusinessTech
- Funding stage
- Series B
Culture
Our space
The Matchstiq Top 2025
Snapshot of Buildkite
CI/CD for teams that care about speed, scale, and control
Buildkite is a hybrid continuous integration and delivery platform built for high-performing engineering teams.
Founded in 2013 by Keith Pitt, Tim Lucas, and later joined by Lachlan Donald, the company helps developers ship software faster while keeping infrastructure under their control.
Why Work at Buildkite
Built by devs, for devs Frustrated with the limitations of existing tools, Buildkite’s founders set out to combine the best of Jenkins and CircleCI. Today, Buildkite is trusted by teams at Shopify, Canva, Slack, and Lyft to run fast, scalable, and secure CI/CD pipelines.
Sustainable, product-led growth Bootstrapped for its first seven years, Buildkite raised its first major round in 2020 and has since grown profitably and intentionally. No hyper-growth chaos, just a clear mission and focus on long-term impact.
Remote-first, small team, big impact With around 80 people working globally, Buildkite proves you don’t need to be big to power some of the world’s biggest engineering teams.
Milestones
- 2013: Company founded, raised AUD $200K
- 2020: AUD $28M Series A led by OpenView
- 2022: Launched Test Analytics
- 2023: USD $21M Series B, acquired PackageCloud
Vision To unblock every developer on the planet by giving them the tools to build, test, and ship software without compromise.
Working with us
Values
Bring the weird
We value and embrace what makes us different. Embracing fun, play and spontaneity gives us access to different ways of connecting and working with each other A sense of play helps us find cool ways to surprise and delight our users ✨ Don’t be afraid of sharing our weirdness with the world — it’s what makes us distinctive
Empower others
Our teams are diverse, and our people are distributed — we provide everything they need to do their best work. We acknowledge and embrace our differences, and give everyone a chance to flourish We give every team the context and direction required to do their jobs We trust everyone to make decisions and get things done W hen we make mistakes, we learn from them, fix them and move on Our tools help users solve problems in their own way
Be real with each other
We acknowledge the whole human, not just the role. Through empathy, we can all feel safe and seen Be honest about how we’re going, and be willing to help each other Seek and provide timely feedback in a kind and constructive way Communicate clearly and openly with each other, our partners and our users
Build it together
Magic happens when we collaborate directly with our customers, with our colleagues, and with our peers across the industry. By helping foster a strong and vibrant community of pro developer tools, we help the world discover and fall in love with us We treat our users like peers by supporting them well and building great relationships We work closely with users on our product’s direction
Maintain momentum
Continuous Delivery is all about shipping quickly and often, and we embody this in how we approach our work. Shipped is better than perfect — we value momentum over perfection Drive a sense of urgency and energy in the work you do It’s ok to break production, but not people