Senior/Staff Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Beacon AI (Headquarters: San Carlos, CA)

Aviation Aerospace AI Real-time Safety Defense Commercial Aviation Cockpit Tech Flight Deck Cloud Infrastructure DevOps AWS GCP Azure Terraform Kubernetes CI/CD Senior Engineer Staff Engineer Back End Engineer Staff Engineer

Company: Beacon AI (beaconai.co) is building the cockpit tech of the future - an R2-D2 for pilots using intelligent, real-time technology to make aviation safer, more efficient, and accessible for commercial and defense sectors. Backed by leading VCs and fueled by new contracts, we are expanding our mission-driven team.

Role: We are seeking Senior and Staff Cloud Infrastructure Engineers to join our team in San Carlos, CA (Hybrid). You will build and manage the scalable, reliable, and secure cloud infrastructure that underpins our real-time aviation platform.

Responsibilities: Design, implement, and manage cloud infrastructure on platforms like AWS, GCP, or Azure. Develop infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools like Terraform or CloudFormation. Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated testing and deployment. Monitor system performance, troubleshoot issues, and ensure high availability and reliability. Implement security best practices across the cloud environment. Collaborate with backend and data teams to support their infrastructure needs.

Skills & Qualifications: Extensive experience managing cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred). Strong understanding of networking, security, compute, and storage services in the cloud. Proficiency with IaC tools (Terraform, CloudFormation). Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes). Experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI, etc.). Scripting skills (Python, Bash). Passion for automation, reliability, and aviation safety.

Ideal Candidate: An experienced cloud engineer excited to build robust infrastructure for mission-critical systems, push the envelope in aviation tech, tackle challenging scalability and reliability problems, and thrive in a collaborative team environment.

Apply: Apply directly at https://beaconai.co/careers and mention you found this post on HN.