Senior Cloud Platform Engineer - Global Infra

Speedrun Talent Network; South San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Zipline’s Infrastructure team builds the software foundation powering our global logistics network. You will design, build and operate core cloud and on‑prem infrastructure used by engineering teams across Zipline.

You’ll own platform capabilities across deployments, IaC, observability, networking, and runtime environments, and operate Kubernetes clusters with a focus on reliability, security, and scalability. You will mentor others and drive improvements.

Qualifications

• 6+ years designing, implementing and deploying cloud platforms.
• Hands-on production systems operation across cloud and on‑prem.
• Strong automation and tooling mindset; avoid repetitive toil.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate foundational infrastructure used by engineering teams.
• Own core platform capabilities across deployments, IaC, observability, networking, and runtime environments.
• Operate and evolve Kubernetes clusters with reliability and security focus.
• Develop tooling that makes infrastructure safer and faster for engineers.
• Collaborate with product, robotics, data, and operations teams to convert pain points into abstractions.
• Improve reliability and debuggability of distributed systems spanning cloud and on-prem.
• Evaluate new technologies pragmatically and minimize hype.
• Participate in on-call rotations and raise the technical bar through reviews.

Skills

Cloud platforms design

Kubernetes

Linux networking

Automation

OnPrem infrastructure

US work eligibility

Tools

Kubernetes

AWS

OnPrem servers

Job description

Zipline’s Infrastructure team builds the software foundation powering our global logistics network. You will design, build and operate core cloud and on‑prem infrastructure used by engineering teams across Zipline.

You’ll own platform capabilities across deployments, IaC, observability, networking, and runtime environments, and operate Kubernetes clusters with a focus on reliability, security, and scalability. You will mentor others and drive improvements.