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# Senior/Staff Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

- **Company:** Zipline
- **Location:** South San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $180,000 - $240,000
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing, Linux, Distributed Systems, Cloud Services, Software Engineering, Event Driven Architecture, Kubernetes, Apache Kafka
- **Published:** November 10, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/senior-staff-cloud-infrastructure-engineer-south-san-francisco-ca--27833dca-1f77-4d26-be7a-125c1a90d19c

## About the Role

Software Engineering, Cloud Computing, Medical Products, Vaccination, Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), Logistics, Medicine, Retail, Restaurant, International Operations, * 6+ years of professional experience designing, implementing and deploying cloud platforms to support internal and external business needs

 * Hands-on experience operating production systems, not just provisioning them.
 * Comfort working across the stack, from cloud APIs and Kubernetes controllers down to Linux, networking, storage, and runtime behavior.
 * A bias toward automation, software-defined infrastructure, and eliminating repeated human toil.
 * Sound judgment about when to use managed services, when to self-host, and when to build custom tooling.
 * Strong debugging instincts for distributed systems, especially under time pressure.
 * Clear written and verbal communication, with the ability to build trust across software, hardware, operations, and business teams.
 * High standards for reliability, security, maintainability, and operational simplicity.
 * Grit, resourcefulness, and resilience in ambiguous, fast-changing environments.
 * Eligibility to work in the United States., * Experience working with AWS
 * Experience working with self-managed OnPrem servers
 * Experience with Kubernetes
 * Experience with event driven architectures (i.e. Kafka)

## Description

* Design, build, and operate foundational infrastructure used by engineering teams across Zipline.
 * Own core platform capabilities across deployments, infrastructure as code, observability, networking, service-to-service communication, and runtime environments.
 * Operate and evolve Zipline-managed Kubernetes clusters, including cluster lifecycle, reliability, scalability, security, and developer ergonomics.
 * Build software and tooling that make infrastructure easier, safer, and faster for engineering teams to use.
 * Partner with product, robotics, autonomy, fleet management, data, and operations teams to understand their infrastructure needs and turn recurring pain into durable platform abstractions.
 * Improve the reliability and debuggability of distributed systems that span cloud services, physical infrastructure, and globally deployed operations.
 * Evaluate new technologies pragmatically, separating durable leverage from hype.
 * Participate in an on-call rotation for core infrastructure and improve the systems so on-call gets quieter over time.
 * Raise the technical bar through design reviews, operational reviews, documentation, mentoring, and interviews.