Team Lead - Cloud Infrastructure

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Loft Orbital

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Aerospace • Government • Artificial Intelligence

Loft Orbital is a company that builds space infrastructure, allowing various entities such as companies, governments, and institutions to utilize the benefits of space. They specialize in integrating, testing, deploying, and operating payloads for space missions. Loft Orbital offers solutions for physical, virtual, and on-demand missions, working with technological giants like Microsoft to democratize access to space. The company also contributes to national defense space missions for US government customers and has been involved in innovative projects such as testing AI algorithms in space and supporting quantum communications satellite missions.

51 - 200 employees

Founded 2017

🚀 Aerospace

🏛️ Government

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

📋 Description

• Wanna join the adventure? • Loft Orbital is revolutionizing access to space by building reliable, shareable satellites that drastically reduce the time and complexity traditionally required to get to orbit. • We operate satellites, fly customer payloads, and handle entire missions from end-to-end. • We’re a close-knit team of space enthusiasts, software experts, and cutting-edge technologists, all working together to make space simple for our customers. • As a passionate and experienced Team Lead for our Cloud Infrastructure Team, you will play a mission-critical leadership position, overseeing a dynamic group of cloud engineers responsible for building and maintaining the cloud-based ground segment. • You will set the technical direction, foster collaboration across teams, champion DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) best practices, and directly contribute to our mission of making access to space fast, simple, and reliable. • This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who thrives in high-growth environments, enjoys technical challenges at scale, and is passionate about mentorship, reliability, and innovation. • Research shows that while men apply to jobs where they meet an average of 60% of the criteria, women and other marginalized people tend to only apply when they meet 100% of the qualifications. At Loft, we value respectful debate and people who aren’t afraid to challenge assumptions. We strongly encourage you to apply, even if you don’t check all the boxes.

🎯 Requirements

• Proven leadership experience managing and scaling high-performing cloud infrastructure or SRE teams. • Hands-on experience running team ceremonies (daily standups, sprint planning, backlog grooming, retrospectives) and ensuring effective Agile practices. • Agile project management experience, delivering complex infrastructure projects in a fast-paced environment. • Strong expertise in public cloud platforms (AWS, GCP preferred) and cloud-native technologies. • Hands-on experience with: • Infrastructure-as-Code (e.g., Terraform) • Kubernetes and container orchestration • CI/CD tools and pipelines (e.g., GitLab CI, ArgoCD) • Observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki) • Strong background in automation, scripting (Python, Go, or similar), and modern DevOps practices. • Excellent collaboration and communication skills; able to work effectively with engineers, product managers, and leadership. • Experience managing cloud security and compliance considerations.