Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

About VTI Aerospace

VTI Aerospace builds AI-powered perception and pilot assist technologies to unlock the future of aviation. With offices in Bozeman, MT and Seattle, WA, we are a team of engineers and technologists from Boeing, Airbus, Aurora, and beyond. We are passionate about pushing the boundaries of autonomy and aviation safety. Our company is dedicated to advancing the field of aviation with cutting-edge solutions

The Role

As a Senior Software Engineer - Infrastructure, you will design, build, and operate scalable, cost-efficient cloud infrastructure that powers our machine learning workloads, data systems, and production services. You will help ensure our platform is reliable, performant, and easy for engineers to deploy and operate as we scale.

You will work closely with engineering teams to design and scale infrastructure that supports AI workloads and help bring AI-powered aviation tools to market.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys designing scalable systems and building infrastructure that enables machine learning teams to ship quickly and reliably, and wants to have a direct impact on the foundation of our technical platform.

What You'll Do

• Lead infrastructure architecture decisions and guide best practices for cloud systems and deployment workflows 
• Design and implement cost-effective AWS infrastructure for deploying and operating vision and language models
• Build and maintain scalable systems for data storage, processing, and analytics
• Maintain, improve, and scale existing cloud infrastructure and services
• Identify inefficient deployment patterns and implement improvements to increase reliability and reduce operational cost
• Design and implement scalable CI/CD pipelines to support rapid and reliable deployments
• Maintain and scale relational and time-series database infrastructure
• Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code using OpenTofu and related tooling
• Improve observability, monitoring, and operational tooling across cloud services and applications
• Work with engineering teams to ensure infrastructure supports performance, reliability, and security requirements

What We're Looking For

• 5+ years of experience building and operating production software or infrastructure systems
• Strong experience designing and operating cloud infrastructure, preferably on AWS
• Experience building and maintaining infrastructure-as-code using tools such as OpenTofu, Terraform, or similar frameworks
• Experience developing infrastructure, automation, or backend services in Python or similar programming languages
• Experience designing and operating scalable systems for data processing, machine learning workloads, or high-throughput services
• Experience building or maintaining CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation
• Familiarity with relational databases and time-series data systems
• Strong understanding of system reliability, observability, and performance optimization
• Ability to identify inefficiencies in systems and improve scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency
• Strong communication and collaboration skills and ability to work across engineering teams

Bonus Points

• Domain knowledge in aviation, autonomous systems
• Experience deploying or supporting machine learning models in production environments
• Experience supporting computer vision or large language model workloads
• Experience operating large-scale cloud infrastructure in cost-sensitive environments
• Experience working in early-stage startups or fast-moving engineering teams
• Experience with distributed systems and high-volume data pipelines

Why You'll Love Working Here

• Opportunity to work on meaningful problems in aviation and deliver products to industry at a rapid pace
• Small team with significant impact on company direction
• Collaborative and innovative environment
• Competitive compensation and benefits
• Opportunities for growth and leadership

Location

Work arrangement: On-site

Primary location: Seattle

Compensation & Benefits

Salary range: DOE

Benefits may include:

• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Retirement plan or 401(k)
• Paid time off and holidays
• Professional development opportunitie

Equal Opportunity Statement

VTI Aerospace is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value diverse perspectives and encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.