Loft Orbital Solutions

Loft Orbital Solutions

Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Golden, CO or San Francisco · Senior

Sponsorship not specified$180k-$240kDetected 441 days ago
PythonGoRustC++Cloud PlatformsKubernetesCI/CDPrometheusGrafanaDevOpsSite Reliability EngineeringCybersecurityDetection EngineeringSystems EngineeringResearchCommunicationProblem SolvingArgo CD

About the role

  • Proactively identify, investigate, and resolve system reliability issues, performing root cause analyses and implementing long-term fixes.
  • Contribute to a collaborative and inclusive team culture where respectful debate and continuous learning are celebrated.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with developers and satellite operators to foster a strong SatDevOps culture.
  • Implement and advocate for best practices in software reliability, fault tolerance, and performance tuning.
  • Partner with teams to design and operate Software Defined Network (SDN) solutions.

Requirements

  • Loft Orbital is revolutionizing access to space by building reliable, shareable satellites that drastically reduce the time and complexity traditionally required to get to orbit.
  • Proven track record of working in fast-paced, high-growth technical environments.
  • Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to operate independently with a proactive, results-driven mindset.
  • Master's degree in Computer Science or a similar field

Nice to have

  • Strong experience with public cloud infrastructure, ideally GCP.
  • Deep expertise in Kubernetes, architecture, deployment, ops, and resource optimization.
  • Familiarity with Software Defined Networking (SDN) concepts and tools.
  • Experience implementing and maintaining observability stacks (Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, etc.).
  • Grafana-centric ecosystems are a plus.

Skills

  • Space Made Simple.
  • As an international company your resume will be reviewed by people across our offices so please attach a copy in English.

Compensation

  • $180k-$240k

Company info

  • Loft: Space Made Simple.
  • Founded in 2017, Loft provides governments, companies, and research institutions with a fast, reliable, and simple way to deploy missions in orbit.
  • We integrate, launch, and operate spacecraft, offering end-to-end missions as a service across Earth observation, IoT connectivity, on-orbit AI, national security missions, and more. Leveraging our existing space infrastructure and an extensive inventory of satellite buses, Loft is reducing years-long integration and launch timelines to months. With more than 30 missions flown, Loft's flight heritage and proven technologies enable customers to focus on their mission objectives.
  • With a growing fleet on track to reach 30 satellites by 2027, we are scaling up quickly across our offices in San Francisco, CA | Golden, CO | and Toulouse, France to meet accelerating demand for space infrastructure.
  • We integrate, launch, and operate spacecraft, offering end-to-end missions as a service across Earth observation, IoT connectivity, on-orbit AI, national security missions, and more.
  • Leveraging our existing space infrastructure and an extensive inventory of satellite buses, Loft is reducing years-long integration and launch timelines to months.
  • With more than 30 missions flown, Loft's flight heritage and proven technologies enable customers to focus on their mission objectives.
  • At Loft, we value respectful debate and people who aren't afraid to challenge assumptions.

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