# Cloud Infrastructure Engineer at Firestorm

- Company: Firestorm
- What the company does: Firestorm Labs - Democratize the fight with radically-affordable, mission-adaptable power for air, land, and sea. Backed by NEA.
- Company website: https://www.launchfirestorm.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Diego, United States
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $175K to $195K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-02
- Apply by: 2026-10-17
- Apply: https://jobs.gem.com/firestorm/am9icG9zdDpnnXQwIV5yObTKeUYzuTRg
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/firestorm-cloud-infrastructure-engineer/

## About the role

Firestorm builds uncrewed aircraft and the manufacturing network that produces them: full-capability plants, deployable xCell edge factories, and forward-deployed sites that stand up production near the point of need. Crucible is the software that runs that manufacturing network. It runs across commercial cloud, government cloud, factory, and air-gapped environments, with infrastructure that has to support rapid development, secure deployment, and reliable production operation.

## What they're looking for

- 6+ years of cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, or SRE experience with production systems, with a proven track record of success
- U.S. person required due to ITAR regulations
- Deep experience with cloud architecture and operating production cloud environments
- Deep experience operating Kubernetes in production
- Strong Terraform and infrastructure-as-code fundamentals
- Strong cloud networking, Linux, identity, and security fundamentals