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SkydioSkydioSan Mateo, CA

Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure

Senior Infrastructure Engineer responsible for re-architecting Kubernetes infrastructure, improving continuous deployment, and making code changes across the stack to support drone platform needs.

170k – 258k
Hybrid4+ YOEDevOps / SRE

About the role

How you'll make an impact

  • Re-architect and maintain the ever growing needs on our Kubernetes fleet and its supporting infrastructure
  • Continually improve and expand the continuous delivery of the product
  • Work in cross-functional teams (from hardware to cloud) to build new capabilities for the platform
  • Work directly with security to continually improve the practices and controls that will keep our customer’s data and drones safe
  • Drive cost saving initiatives early into Skydio’s product, so that it scales over time

What makes you a good fit

  • 4+ years of experience as a platform engineer, DevOps or equivalent infrastructure role
  • Can comfortably debug and automate Kubernetes clusters
  • Not hesitant to jump into the code to fix the underlying issue (Python or Go preferred)
  • Prior experience implementing continuous deployment systems
  • Understand cloud platforms architecture, especially networking, security, storage, and resilient application topologies
  • Ability and interest in being delegated business objectives and seeking out the solutions

Bonus points

  • Familiarity with supporting both SaaS and self-hosted applications
  • Experience with supporting drones or highly automated physical hardware

Compensation

  • The annual base salary range for this position is $170,000 - $258,000
  • Equity in the form of stock options
  • Comprehensive benefits packages including group health insurance, paid vacation time, sick leave, holiday pay and 401K savings plan
  • Relocation assistance may be provided for eligible roles

Skills

KubernetesPythonGoContinuous DeploymentCloud ArchitectureNetworkingSecurityStorageDevOpsPlatform Engineering

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