Skylo · 3 hours ago
Staff Cloud Engineer - AWS
Mountain View, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
$176K/yr - $187K/yr
8+ years expSkylo is a global Non-Terrestrial Network service provider based in Mountain View, CA, offering connectivity solutions for smartphone and IoT devices over satellites. They are seeking a Staff Cloud Engineer (AWS) to lead the design and optimization of AWS-based cloud infrastructure, ensuring scalability, reliability, and security while driving automation and best practices.
Information TechnologyInternet of ThingsSatellite CommunicationTelecommunicationsWireless
Responsibilities
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
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
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
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
Qualification
Required
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.)
Excellent communication, mentorship, and cross-functional leadership skills
AWS Certifications: AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional
Preferred
Experience with multi-account strategy and AWS Organizations
Background in FinOps / cloud cost optimization
Prior experience in regulated industries (fintech, telecom, healthcare)
Benefits
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
Open, transparent, inclusive culture that blends the Silicon Valley, Nordic and South Asia characteristics
Company
Skylo
Skylo is a global non-terrestrial service provider that allows smartphone and IoT cellular devices to connect directly over satellites.
51-200 employees
H1B Sponsorship
Skylo has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your
reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
Represents job field similar to this job
Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (6)
2024 (3)
2023 (4)
2022 (3)
2021 (6)
2020 (7)
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$183MKey Investors
NGP CapitalSoftBank
2025-02-27Series Unknown· $30M
2024-02-13Series C· $37M
2020-01-21Series B· $103M
Leadership Team
Andrew Kalman
Co-Founder & Hub Architect
Andrew Nuttall
CTO and Co-Founder
Recent News
dcm.com
2026-01-02
thecanadianpressnews.ca
2025-12-28
2025-11-25
Company data provided by crunchbase