Manager, Cloud Platform Software

Logos Space•San Diego, CA

2d•$220,000 - $280,000

About The Position

Logos Space is building a low Earth orbit satellite system to provide resilient, high-performance connectivity to commercial enterprise and government users worldwide. The Network Software team develops the software systems that control, operate, scale, and route traffic across the network. The Cloud Platform Software Manager will lead the architecture, design, and implementation of cloud platform software supporting the Logos network. The role owns foundational platform services, infrastructure software, deployment systems, observability, automation, and operational frameworks that enable the Ground Segment and Software Defined Networking (SDN) software stack to be deployed and operated reliably at scale. This is an early, high-impact, hands-on leadership role combining cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, platform engineering, and operational excellence. The manager will work with control plane software teams, product management, and quality assurance to deliver reliable, scalable platform capabilities.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
10 or more years of software development experience focused on cloud platform software, infrastructure software, distributed systems, and backend services.
5 or more years of experience in a technical leadership role leading cloud platform software development with scope and breadth appropriate to this role.
Strong technical expertise in cloud-native systems, observability, telemetry, automation, and production operations.
Experience with containerized environments and orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes.
Ability to build scalable, reliable, and highly available distributed systems.
Experience designing platform services such as logging, messaging, databases, and telemetry.
Programming experience in one or more languages such as Go, Rust, or Python.
Debugging and systems-thinking skills across software, infrastructure, cloud environments, and distributed services.
Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
Ability to operate amid ambiguity and make pragmatic architecture decisions.
Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree.
Experience building carrier-grade cloud platforms for telecom, networking, satellite systems, wireless systems, or large-scale distributed infrastructure.
Experience building telemetry pipelines, logging pipelines, or observability systems.
Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, service mesh, Terraform, Helm, Prometheus, Grafana, Kafka, or similar cloud-native and platform technologies.
Experience with multi-region, hybrid cloud, or geographically distributed deployments.
Knowledge of cloud environment security best practices.
Ability and willingness to attain a Top Secret Clearance.

Responsibilities

Lead the architecture, design, and development of cloud platform software for the Logos network.
Design and build foundational platform services for identity, observability, telemetry, logging, messaging, persistence, automation, and operational workflows.
Build scalable runtime infrastructure as code to support the Ground Segment and SDN software stack.
Design for on-premises, cloud, and hybrid deployments.
Participate directly in implementation, code reviews, design reviews, debugging, test strategy, and system integration.
Work closely with control plane software teams to ensure platform capabilities meet network software needs.
Ensure the quality, reliability, and scalability of the cloud platform software.
Provide technical leadership and guidance to software engineers.
Translate system-level reliability, scalability, and operational goals into executable architecture, milestones, and engineering deliverables.
Work with product management teams to prioritize features and requirements.
Work with quality assurance teams to ensure software quality and reliability.