Staff Cloud Engineer - AWS

About the role

This role is located in Mountain View, CA where we are onsite 3 days a week in office.

Summary Of How You Will Impact Skylo

You will lead the design, implementation, and optimization of our AWS-based cloud infrastructure. You will shape our cloud architecture, drive automation, and ensure scalability, reliability, and security across our environments.

What You Will Contribute

• Architecture & Design

  • Lead the design and implementation of scalable, secure, and cost-efficient AWS architectures.
  • Define best practices for compute (EC2, ECS, EKS), storage (S3, EBS, EFS), and networking (VPC, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect).
  • Architect solutions for high availability, disaster recovery, and business continuity.
  • Partner with application teams to design cloud-native solutions optimized for AWS.

• Infrastructure Engineering & Automation

  • Drive Infrastructure as Code initiatives (Terraform, Pulumi, or CloudFormation).
  • Automate provisioning, scaling, and configuration management.
  • Improve observability and operational efficiency through logging, monitoring, and alerting.
  • Lead performance tuning and capacity planning for critical workloads.

• Security & Compliance

  • Embed AWS security best practices (IAM, KMS, GuardDuty, Security Hub).
  • Partner with the security team to ensure compliance (SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR).
  • Implement zero-trust principles and least-privilege access controls.

• Leadership & Collaboration

  • Act as a technical leader and mentor for cloud and DevOps engineers.
  • Influence long-term cloud strategy, tooling, and architecture decisions.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with product, security, and engineering teams.
  • Participate in design reviews, architecture boards, and technical roadmaps.

What We Look For

• Experience

  • 8+ years of experience in cloud engineering, with at least 5+ focused on AWS.
  • Proven expertise with AWS core services (EC2, EKS/ECS, Lambda, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, VPC, Route 53).
  • Strong proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Pulumi, or CloudFormation).
  • Experience with Kubernetes, containerization, and service mesh architectures.
  • Deep understanding of cloud networking, security, and identity management.
  • Proficiency in scripting/automation (Python, Go, Bash).
  • Strong knowledge of observability tooling (CloudWatch, Datadog, Prometheus, ELK, etc.).

• Skills

  • Excellent communication, mentorship, and cross-functional leadership skills.
  • AWS Certifications: AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional.

• Nice to Haves

  • Experience with multi-account strategy and AWS Organizations.
  • Prior experience in regulated industries (fintech, telecom, healthcare).

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation packages including a stock option based equity program.
• Comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, retirement plan.
• Monthly allowances for wellness and education reimbursement.
• A generous time off policy, holidays, and the opportunity to temporarily work abroad.
• Once in a lifetime opportunity to be a part of developing and running world’s first commercial, live direct-to-device satellite network and service.
• Access to world-class team and talent across tech domains: software, hardware, chipsets, telecom, satellite and network virtualization.
• An open, transparent, inclusive culture that blends the Silicon Valley, Nordic and South Asia characteristics.

Additional Information

The compensation range for this position is: $175,000 - $185,000.

EEO Statement

Skylo is an equal-opportunity employer and we celebrate diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, parent or caregiver status, political affiliation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. Please let us know if you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability.