Staff Cloud Engineer - AWS at Skylo Technologies
Mountain View, CA
$175,000–$185,000from the description
Jul 15, 2026
Mountain View, CA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior individual contributor role focused on designing and operating AWS cloud infrastructure for a satellite connectivity platform. Day-to-day work spans cloud architecture, infrastructure-as-code automation, security and compliance implementation, and capacity planning, alongside mentoring engineers and shaping long-term cloud strategy. Suits an experienced AWS engineer comfortable working hands-on while also influencing technical direction across teams.
Senior level · 8+ years · Remote · Full-time
Advertised as Staff, but the requirements read as Senior.
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 8,300 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 1,700–12,500
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
The caller has overridden the work location to fully remote (national pool); the posting itself states Mountain View, CA with a 3-day/week in-office expectation, so the remote flag reflects the caller's instruction rather than the JD.
The role is titled 'Staff Cloud Engineer' but the requirements (8+ years total, 5+ on AWS, hands-on IaC and Kubernetes work, mentorship of a team) are well within the Senior band. Staff is reserved for roles setting direction across multiple teams with genuine org-wide scope; this posting describes leading a cloud/DevOps team and influencing architecture, which is characteristic of a strong Senior. Advertised seniority reflects the title; assessed seniority reflects the actual requirements.
SOC classification is Medium confidence: the role writes and ships infrastructure-as-code (Terraform/Pulumi, automation, cloud-native architecture) pointing to 15-1252 Software Developers, but a meaningful portion of the work is operating and securing existing AWS infrastructure, which could support 15-1244. The IaC and automation emphasis tips the classification to 15-1252.
AWS certification (Solutions Architect – Professional or DevOps Engineer – Professional) is listed under the primary 'What We Look For' requirements section and is treated as a hard gate. The two certifications are interchangeable alternatives for the same requirement.
Python, Go, and Bash are listed together as scripting/automation proficiency; Python is named first and Go/Bash are captured as alternatives on the same skill.
Security Hub is mentioned in the JD body but not explicitly listed in the 'What We Look For' requirements section; it is omitted from the hard-gate skills accordingly.
Nice-to-have items (AWS Organizations/multi-account strategy, FinOps/cloud cost optimization, regulated-industry background) are listed under 'Nice to Haves'; only the concrete named technology (AWS Organizations) is captured as a preferred skill.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
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