Staff Cloud Engineer - AWS

The world still has coverage blind spots. You could help eliminate them at Skylo.

Skylo has pioneered a standards-based approach to satellite connectivity. We connect smartphones and IoT devices directly to satellites. No special hardware, no entirely new networks. Just billions of existing devices, suddenly reachable anywhere on Earth. We're not building toward this future. We're already in it.

Our direct-to-device service is live on millions of activated devices across five continents, covering more than 72 million square kilometers, in partnership with leading satellite operators, mobile network operators, Tier-1 chipset makers, and OEMs worldwide. And we're just getting started.

At the heart of it all is Skylo's commercial NTN vRAN: a 3GPP standards-based, cloud-native platform that seamlessly bridges terrestrial and satellite networks. It's the infrastructure that makes true anywhere, anytime connectivity possible.

When you join Skylo, you'll work at the intersection of three markets reshaping how the world stays connected: mass-market consumer devices, automotive, and industrial IoT. Enabling people outdoors and critical workflows in the world's most remote places.

This is a rare chance to work on technology that matters, at a company that's already proving it works

About Skylo

Skylo is a global Non-Terrestrial Network service provider based in Mountain View, CA, offering a service that allows smartphone and IoT cellular devices to connect directly over existing satellites. 

Skylo’s direct-to-device service is now live on millions of activated devices across five continents, with more than 60 million square kilometers of coverage, in partnership with multiple satellite operators, mobile network operators (MNOs), Tier-1 chipset makers, and OEMs. Devices connected over satellite are managed and served by Skylo's commercial NTN vRAN, featuring a 3GPP standards-based cloud-native base station and core. Skylo provides anywhere, anytime connectivity solution that seamlessly roams between terrestrial and satellite networks. Our focus is on enabling connected services for people outdoors and connected workflows across three main verticals: mass-market consumer devices, automotive, and industrial IoT.

This role is located Mountain View, CA where we are onsite 3 days a week in office. 

Summary Of How You Will Impact Skylo

Skylo is hiring a Staff Cloud Engineer (AWS) to lead the design, implementation, and optimization of our AWS-based cloud infrastructure. As a senior technical expert, you will shape our cloud architecture, drive automation, and ensure scalability, reliability, and security across our environments. This role requires deep AWS expertise, a passion for solving complex infrastructure challenges, and the ability to influence engineering direction while remaining hands-on.

How You Will Contribute

Architecture & Design

• 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.

Infrastructure Engineering & Automation

• 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.

Security & Compliance

• 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.

Leadership & Collaboration

• 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.

What We Look For 

• 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.

Nice to Haves

• Experience with multi-account strategy and AWS Organizations.

• Background in FinOps / cloud cost optimization.

• Prior experience in regulated industries (fintech, telecom, healthcare).

What We Offer

With employees working across three continents, Skylo is proud to be an equal opportunity employer dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce. Our worldwide and inclusive culture encourages a flexible approach to work, and we also offer an attractive range benefits such as: 

• 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

Additional information

The compensation range for this position is: $175,000 - $185,000. This range reflects the low and high end of the range Skylo reasonably and generally expects to pay the hired candidate in this role.

EEO Statement Skylo is an equal-opportunity employer and we celebrate diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, parent or caregiver status, political affiliation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. Please let us know if you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability.