2 months ago
Base Salary
$240k - $300k/yr
Responsibilities
- Build, operate, troubleshoot, upgrade, and maintain production Kubernetes/EKS clusters.
- Build and manage AWS infrastructure including VPCs, networking, subnets, load balancers, IAM, EKS, databases, and storage.
- Define and maintain infrastructure with Terraform.
- Build and operate CI/CD and deployment infrastructure.
- Troubleshoot production issues across Kubernetes, AWS, Linux, networking, and databases.
- Build monitoring, alerting, and observability for critical infrastructure.
- Participate in on-call rotations and respond to production incidents.
- Identify and solve infrastructure scaling and reliability problems.
- Automate operational work using Python, Go, or similar languages.
- Expand infrastructure across new regions and deployment environments.
Requirements
- At least 8 years of experience as a Site Reliability Engineer, Platform Engineer, DevOps Engineer, Production Engineer, or in an equivalent infrastructure role.
- Strong hands-on experience operating Kubernetes and managing production Kubernetes/EKS clusters, including upgrades and maintenance.
- Strong AWS fundamentals covering VPCs, public and private subnets, networking, load balancers, EKS, IAM, and databases.
- Production experience with Terraform or similar infrastructure-as-code tooling.
- Experience owning or maintaining CI/CD and deployment systems such as Argo CD, Spinnaker, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, or Jenkins.
- Experience diagnosing production infrastructure and networking problems and solving meaningful scaling or reliability challenges.
- Bonus qualifications include Helm, GitOps, Datadog or similar observability tooling, PostgreSQL/database operations, multi-region infrastructure, on-premises or disconnected deployments, and streaming or high-throughput distributed systems.
- Must be able to obtain or verify U.S. person status and access controlled or restricted information as required.
Benefits
- Annual base salary range of $240,000-$300,000.
- Equity in the form of stock options.
- Comprehensive group health insurance plans.
- Paid vacation, sick leave, and holiday pay.
- 401(k) savings plan.
- Relocation assistance may be available for eligible roles.
- Regular full-time employee benefits and eligibility are subject to applicable laws and company policies.
Tech Stack
Argo CDAWSDatadogGitHub ActionsGitLab CI/CDGoHelmJenkinsKubernetesLinuxPostgreSQLPythonSpinnakerTerraform
Categories
DevOpsSite Reliability
About Skydio
Skydio builds autonomous drones, docking systems, and fleet management software for enterprise, public safety, and defense customers. It sells hardware with AI-based autonomy plus SaaS for fleet operations, inspections, and Drone-as-First-Responder programs. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, the company designs and assembles its products in the U.S., with manufacturing in Hayward, and its systems are used across utilities, law enforcement, and the U.S. military.