Manager, Software Engineering - Cloud infrastructure

Role Overview

Pyka is looking for a Cloud Infrastructure Manager to lead the team building and operating the cloud systems, data infrastructure, and developer tools that support our autonomous aircraft programs. Your team will build the infrastructure behind aircraft logs and operational data, software distribution, CI pipelines and machine learning pipelines, helping engineers develop and ship software efficiently and making data accessible and useful across the company.

In this role, you’ll be responsible for both team execution and team health, making sure your team delivers high-quality work while growing as engineers. You’ll work closely with engineering, flight operations and customer success teams to set priorities and build infrastructure that scales with our company and fleet.

Some of the current and future projects your team will contribute to include:

• Building and improving systems for collecting, storing, and accessing aircraft logs and operational data to support debugging, analysis, and fleet insights
• Improving our CI pipelines, build systems, and software release and distribution processes
• Developing infrastructure for machine learning pipelines, including data preparation and training
• Improving data management, access and analysis across the company
• Automating infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and deployment
• Developing internal tools and integrations that reduce manual work across engineering and operations
• Developing external tools for customers to access and visualize their flight, maintenance and inventory data
• Improving monitoring, recovery processes, security, and cost efficiency as our infrastructure grows

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of engineers to deliver infrastructure and tooling projects end-to-end, from requirements definition to deployment and ongoing maintenance

• Own team and project roadmaps, balancing company priorities, operational needs, and long-term infrastructure improvements

• Own project execution, defining milestones and priorities, tracking progress, and adjusting as requirements evolve

• Own the infrastructure and practices for managing aircraft and engineering data

• Guide infrastructure decisions with attention to security, scalability, performance, and cost

• Hire, onboard, mentor, and support engineers through regular feedback and coaching

• Contribute technically when needed to guide architecture, review designs, debug complex issues, or unblock work

Preferred Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in software engineering, cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, or related roles

• Prior experience managing engineers, including coaching, setting priorities, and supporting individual development

• Experience designing, deploying, and operating production systems on Google Cloud, including Google Cloud Storage and BigQuery

• Strong technical foundation in Python, Linux systems, networking, databases, and modern software development workflows

• Experience with infrastructure as code (e.g. pulumi), CI/CD systems, containers, and deployment automation

• Familiarity with infrastructure supporting data analysis and machine learning workflows

• Experience improving system reliability through monitoring, incident response, and operational practices

• Experience with cloud security, access management, and cost management

• Strong technical judgment and the ability to make practical tradeoffs between immediate needs and long-term maintainability

• Experience working across teams to turn ambiguous engineering and operational needs into concrete plans

• Comfortable working in fast-moving and highly collaborative environments with evolving priorities

• Experience supporting robotics, autonomous systems, or other hardware-focused engineering teams is a plus

Compensation & Benefits

• $180,000-$250,000 salary per year + equity. Compensation will vary depending on location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Salary ranges are subject to change.
• Employer-sponsored health, dental and vision insurance
• FSA with employer matching
• 401(k)
• Paid holidays, generous PTO, and additional unpaid time off
• Voluntary short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance
• Pre-tax commuter benefits
• Free catered lunch and plenty of snacks