Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
Loft Orbital Solutions Inc.
San Francisco, CA, United States
4 days ago
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Role details
Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Compensation
$180,000 - $240,000
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source
Tech stack
Java (Programming Language)
Systems Engineering
C++ (Programming Language)
Cloud Computing
Computer Networks
Continuous Integration
DevOps
Fault Tolerance
Intrusion Detection and Prevention
Python (Programming Language)
Network Monitoring
Performance Tuning
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Systems Development Life Cycle
Prometheus
Rust (Programming Language)
Delivery Pipeline
Grafana
Reliability of Systems
HybridCloud
Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Backend
Build Management
Kubernetes
Information Technology
Vulnerability Analysis
Job description
- Collaborate with developers and satellite operators to foster a strong SatDevOps culture
- Design, implement, and maintain scalable, reliable, and secure infrastructure in a hybrid cloud environment
- Improve our developer experience by building better tools, workflows, and environments
- Lead efforts to automate and optimize systems, including CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure provisioning (IaC), and deployment workflows
- Own and evolve our observability stack (metrics, tracing, logs) to improve usability and performance. Grafana-centric ecosystems are a plus
- Implement and advocate for best practices in software reliability, fault tolerance, and performance tuning
- Proactively identify, investigate, and resolve system reliability issues, performing root cause analyses and implementing long-term fixes
- Partner with teams to design and operate Software Defined Network (SDN) solutions
- Contribute to a collaborative and inclusive team culture where respectful debate and continuous learning are celebrated
Requirements
- Strong experience with public cloud infrastructure, ideally GCP
- Deep expertise in Kubernetes, architecture, deployment, ops, and resource optimization
- Demonstrated ability to design and build scalable, highly available systems
- Familiarity with Software Defined Networking (SDN) concepts and tools
- Experience implementing and maintaining observability stacks (Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, etc.)
- Proficiency in at least one backend language: Go, Python, Rust, C/C++, or Java
- Deep understanding and hands-on experience with DevOps practices: CI/CD, infrastructure as code (IaC), and automation
- Proven track record of working in fast-paced, high-growth technical environments
- Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to operate independently with a proactive, results-driven mindset
- Strong communication skills; thrives in a multicultural, cross-functional team
Nice to Haves:
- Hands-on experience with GitOps frameworks (ArgoCD, FluxCD)
- Interest or experience in FinOps and cost-optimized architectures
- Understanding of orchestration in resource-constrained environments, like space systems
- Knowledge of systems engineering tools and SDLC governance
- Familiarity with security practices, vulnerability scanning, threat detection, risk mitigation
- Masterβs degree in Computer Science or a similar field
Benefits & conditions
- 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance option for employees and dependents
- Flexible Spending (FSA) and Health Savings (HSA) Accounts offered with an employer contribution to the HSA
- 100% employer paid Life, AD&D, Short-Term, and Long-Term Disability insurance
- Flexible Time Off policy for vacation and sick leave, and 12 paid holidays
- 401(k) plan and equity options
- Daily catered lunches and snacks in office
- International exposure to our team in France
- Fully paid parental leave; 14 weeks for birthing parent and 10 weeks for non-birthing parent
- Carrot Fertility provides comprehensive, inclusive fertility healthcare and family-forming benefits with financial support
- Off-sites and many social events and celebrations
About the company
| Loft: Space Made Simple. Founded in 2017, Loft provides governments, companies, and research institutions with a fast, reliable, and simple way to deploy missions in orbit. We integrate, launch, and operate spacecraft, offering end-to-end missions as a service across Earth observation, IoT connectivity, on-orbit AI, national security missions, and more. Leveraging our existing space infrastructure and an extensive inventory of satellite buses, Loft is reducing years-long integration and launch timelines to months. With more than 30 missions flown, Loftβs flight heritage and proven technologies enable customers to focus on their mission objectives. With a growing fleet on track to reach 30 satellites by 2027, we are scaling up quickly across our offices in San Francisco, CA | Golden, CO | and Toulouse, France to meet accelerating demand for space infrastructure. As an international company your resume will be reviewed by people across our offices so |
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