Senior​/Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Requirements

• 6+ years of professional experience designing, implementing and deploying cloud platforms to support internal and external business needs
• Hands‑on experience operating production systems, not just provisioning them
• Comfort working across the stack, from cloud APIs and Kubernetes controllers down to Linux, networking, storage, and runtime behavior
• A bias toward automation, software‑defined infrastructure, and eliminating repeated human toil
• Sound judgment about when to use managed services, when to self‑host, and when to build custom tooling
• Strong debugging instincts for distributed systems, especially under time pressure
• Clear written and verbal communication, with the ability to build trust across software, hardware, operations, and business teams
• High standards for reliability, security, maintainability, and operational simplicity
• Grit, resourcefulness, and resilience in ambiguous, fast‑changing environments
• Eligibility to work in the United States
• (Desirable) Experience working with AWS
• (Desirable) Experience working with self‑managed OnPrem servers
• (Desirable) Experience with Kubernetes
• (Desirable) Experience with event driven architectures (i.e. Kafka)
• We value diversity at Zipline and welcome applications from those who are traditionally underrepresented in tech. If you like the sound of this position but are not sure if you are the perfect fit, please apply!

• Zipline’s Infrastructure team builds and operates the software foundation that powers our global logistics network. We own the platforms that allow engineering teams to deploy, observe, communicate with, and safely operate services across cloud and physical environments
• This is not a “click around in managed services and call it infrastructure” role. We use cloud providers where they make sense, but we also care deeply about control, reliability, cost, latency, and operational resilience. That means we run and manage critical pieces of infrastructure ourselves. From our k8s clusters, to the server metal in the OnPrem clusters we manage
• We are building infrastructure for a company where software meets the physical world. When our systems work, medicine moves, food arrives, aircraft fly, operators have visibility, and customers get what they need. When they do not, the consequences are real. That is the fun part
• Design, build, and operate foundational infrastructure used by engineering teams across Zipline
• Own core platform capabilities across deployments, infrastructure as code, observability, networking, service‑to‑service communication, and runtime environments
• Operate and evolve Zipline‑managed Kubernetes clusters, including cluster lifecycle, reliability, scalability, security, and developer ergonomics
• Build software and tooling that make infrastructure easier, safer, and faster for engineering teams to use
• Partner with product, robotics, autonomy, fleet management, data, and operations teams to understand their infrastructure needs and turn recurring pain into durable platform abstractions
• Improve the reliability and debuggability of distributed systems that span cloud services, physical infrastructure, and globally deployed operations
• Evaluate new technologies pragmatically, separating durable leverage from hype
• Participate in an on‑call rotation for core infrastructure and improve the systems so on‑call gets quieter over time
• Raise the technical bar through design reviews, operational reviews, documentation, mentoring, and interviews