diff --git a/.buildkite/pipeline.yaml b/.buildkite/pipeline.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..36eb1c631d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.buildkite/pipeline.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+steps:
+  - label: ":eslint: Lint"
+    command:
+      - "./scripts/ci/install-deps.sh"
+      - "yarn lintwithexclusions"
+    plugins:
+      - docker#v3.0.1:
+          image: "node:10"
+
+  - label: ":chrome: End-to-End Tests"
+    command:
+      - "sudo apt-get install build-essential python2.7-dev libffi-dev python-pip python-setuptools sqlite3 libssl-dev python-virtualenv libjpeg-dev libxslt1-dev"
+      - "./scripts/ci/install-deps.sh"
+      - "./scripts/ci/end-to-end-tests.sh"
+    plugins:
+      - docker#v3.0.1:
+          image: "node:10"
+
+  - label: ":karma: Tests"
+    command:
+      - "./scripts/ci/install-deps.sh"
+      - "./scripts/ci/unit-tests.sh"
+    plugins:
+      - docker#v3.0.1:
+          image: "node:10"
+
+  - label: "🔧 Riot Tests"
+    command:
+      - "./scripts/ci/install-deps.sh"
+      - "./scripts/ci/riot-unit-tests.sh"
+    plugins:
+      - docker#v3.0.1:
+          image: "node:10"
diff --git a/scripts/travis/build.sh b/scripts/ci/build.sh
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
similarity index 82%
rename from scripts/travis/build.sh
rename to scripts/ci/build.sh
index 862a3feaa9..0b1fa23093
--- a/scripts/travis/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/build.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 #
-# script which is run by the travis build (after `yarn test`).
+# script which is run by the CI build (after `yarn test`).
 #
 # clones riot-web develop and runs the tests against our version of react-sdk.
 
diff --git a/scripts/travis/end-to-end-tests.sh b/scripts/ci/end-to-end-tests.sh
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
similarity index 84%
rename from scripts/travis/end-to-end-tests.sh
rename to scripts/ci/end-to-end-tests.sh
index 0c728be509..d0b1a30ce2
--- a/scripts/travis/end-to-end-tests.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/end-to-end-tests.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 #
-# script which is run by the travis build (after `yarn test`).
+# script which is run by the CI build (after `yarn test`).
 #
 # clones riot-web develop and runs the tests against our version of react-sdk.
 
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ set -ev
 RIOT_WEB_DIR=riot-web
 REACT_SDK_DIR=`pwd`
 
-scripts/travis/build.sh
+scripts/ci/build.sh
 # run end to end tests
 scripts/fetchdep.sh matrix-org matrix-react-end-to-end-tests master
 pushd matrix-react-end-to-end-tests
diff --git a/scripts/travis/install-deps.sh b/scripts/ci/install-deps.sh
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
similarity index 100%
rename from scripts/travis/install-deps.sh
rename to scripts/ci/install-deps.sh
diff --git a/scripts/travis/riot-unit-tests.sh b/scripts/ci/riot-unit-tests.sh
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
similarity index 65%
rename from scripts/travis/riot-unit-tests.sh
rename to scripts/ci/riot-unit-tests.sh
index ca53dc9268..215af13030
--- a/scripts/travis/riot-unit-tests.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/riot-unit-tests.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 #
-# script which is run by the travis build (after `yarn test`).
+# script which is run by the CI build (after `yarn test`).
 #
 # clones riot-web develop and runs the tests against our version of react-sdk.
 
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ set -ev
 
 RIOT_WEB_DIR=riot-web
 
-scripts/travis/build.sh
+scripts/ci/build.sh
 pushd "$RIOT_WEB_DIR"
 yarn test
 popd
diff --git a/scripts/travis/unit-tests.sh b/scripts/ci/unit-tests.sh
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
similarity index 64%
rename from scripts/travis/unit-tests.sh
rename to scripts/ci/unit-tests.sh
index fe3e383c0a..77232fc0f8
--- a/scripts/travis/unit-tests.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/unit-tests.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 #
-# script which is run by the travis build (after `yarn test`).
+# script which is run by the CI build (after `yarn test`).
 #
 # clones riot-web develop and runs the tests against our version of react-sdk.
 
 set -ev
 
-scripts/travis/build.sh
+scripts/ci/build.sh
 CHROME_BIN='/usr/bin/google-chrome-stable' yarn test