Senior/Staff Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

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Zipline
Full time
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USA
11/09/2026
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South San Francisco, CA

Responsibilities

Design, build, and operate foundational infrastructure for engineering teams across Zipline.
Own platform capabilities covering deployments, infrastructure as code, observability, networking, service-to-service communication, and runtime environments.
Operate and evolve Zipline-managed Kubernetes clusters, including lifecycle, reliability, scalability, security, and developer experience.
Build software and tooling that make infrastructure safer, faster, and easier for engineering teams to use.
Partner with product, robotics, autonomy, fleet management, data, and operations teams to develop durable platform abstractions.
Improve reliability and debuggability for distributed systems spanning cloud services, physical infrastructure, and global operations.
Evaluate technologies pragmatically and participate in on-call, design reviews, operational reviews, documentation, mentoring, and interviews.

Requirements

6+ years of professional experience designing, implementing, and deploying cloud platforms for internal and external business needs.
Hands-on experience operating production systems, not only provisioning them.
Experience across cloud APIs, Kubernetes controllers, Linux, networking, storage, and runtime behavior.
Experience with automation, software-defined infrastructure, and reducing repeated manual toil.
Ability to assess when to use managed services, self-host infrastructure, or build custom tooling.
Strong distributed-systems debugging skills under time pressure.
Clear written and verbal communication across software, hardware, operations, and business teams.
High standards for reliability, security, maintainability, and operational simplicity.
Eligibility to work in the United States.
Experience with AWS, self-managed on-premises servers, Kubernetes, or event-driven architectures such as Kafka is preferred.

Benefits

Benefits may include medical, dental, and vision insurance, paid time off, equity compensation, and discretionary annual or performance bonuses.

Salary: $180k - $240k/yr

Zipline

Zipline is redefining logistics with its instant delivery system that addresses urgent access challenges for a diverse range of customers, including governments and businesses. By leveraging advanced technology like robotics and autonomy, Zipline ensures equitable access to essential goods, wheth...

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