Humanity has lost touch with nature - we’ve traded dirt and trees for asphalt, and we rely on loud, polluting, gas-powered machines to care for our limited natural spaces.
Scythe is forging a new future by building intelligent, all-electric machines that unlock a new superpower: the ability to care for the outdoors pollution-free at enormous scale. From today’s first steps in landscape maintenance to full-fledged re-terraforming in the future, Scythe is pioneering autonomous machinery that supports the ingenuity of humans, multiplying our power to nurture our planet.
At Scythe, you’ll work with a team of world-class experts in everything from computer vision to mechanical engineering, pushing the limits of possibility and growing by overcoming hurdles along the way.
The world needs what we’re building—come join us in making it a reality.
Cloud Infrastructure Engineer at Scythe
We're looking for a highly knowledgeable and experienced Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to join our team. The desired candidate will be instrumental in designing, implementing, and improving the cloud infrastructure used at Scythe.
You’ll work in concert with teammates from across the company to build a rich understanding of product needs and bring those ideas to life. We expect you to be broadly experienced to be able to “see around corners”, to thrive in a fast-paced, self-managed engineering environment, and to be a collaborative, low-ego teammate who helps Scythe realize its big mission.
What you’ll do at Scythe
- Provision AWS assets and resources (S3 buckets, IAM policies, clusters, etc) using Terraform
- Implement security policies and organize AWS IAM as our company grows
- Monitor cloud infrastructure performance, reliability, and budget proactively
- Be a source of expertise regarding best practices related to cloud infrastructure for CI, Customer Web, and Data Platform teams
- Assess and implement any needed encryption on assets in the cloud
- Assist teammates with third-party integration needs
What you know well
- Standing up and managing container orchestration platforms like Kubernetes for managing containerized applications at scale.
- Infrastructure as Code tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible for provisioning and managing cloud resources.
- Scripting languages such as Python and Bash for automating tasks and infrastructure management
- CI/CD pipelines and tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or ArgoCD for automating software delivery processes.
- Networking principles including TCP/IP, DNS, VPN, Load Balancing, and Firewall configuration in cloud environments.
- Knowledge of containerization technologies like Docker
- Security fundamentals and implementing secure cloud infrastructure
What you’ve maybe done
- Provisioned and managed cloud-based database services such as Amazon RDS, Azure SQL Database, or Google Cloud SQL, as well as NoSQL databases like DynamoDB, Cosmos DB, or Bigtable.
Why Scythe?
- Scythe is an early-stage but well-capitalized startup. Have a huge impact alongside an awesome team of experts shipping something the world has never before seen
- Competitive salary and equity compensation
- Fully-sponsored medical, vision, and dental insurance, including 75% funded dependent coverage
- 401(k) retirement plan (non-matching today)
- Headquarters in beautiful Longmont, CO (near Boulder, CO.)
- Satellite offices in Dallas, TX and Fort Pierce, FL
- Flexible paid time-off and hybrid work
- Highly collaborative learning culture where personal freedom, growth, and responsibility are valued
- An opportunity to have an incredible positive impact on the world
Closing
Scythe is a total compensation company, which provides employees a comprehensive salary, equity, and benefit package. However, only the minimum salary amounts are listed here. Scythe carefully considers a wide range of compensation factors, including education, years of experience, competencies and other relevant business considerations. These considerations can cause your compensation to vary along with your compensation mode preferences. The Cloud Infrastructure Engineer position has an expected minimum annual cash salary of $130,000. The actual pay may be higher depending on your skills, qualifications, and experience. Equity and benefits packages are NOT included in this estimate. Please note that this information is provided for those hired in Colorado only, and this role is open to candidates outside of Colorado as well.
Scythe is an Equal Opportunity employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other factor protected by applicable local, state or federal laws.
Scythe Robotics Longmont, Colorado, USA Office
Scythe HQ is located in the southwest corner of Longmont, close to some of the best restaurants and breweries around. We've got open space, trails, and great mountain views right out the back door, and downtown Boulder is just 20 minutes away.
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