# Onboard Software Engineer - Deployment & Runtime Environments at Loft

- Company: Loft
- What the company does: Backed by a16z.
- Company website: http://www.theloftcompanyla.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Francisco, CA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $144K to $198K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-07-22
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.lever.co/loftorbital/531e74b5-128c-4c44-8b3b-aebd86c0de7a
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/loft-onboard-software-engineer-deployment-and-runtime-environments/

## About the role

We’re looking for someone scrappy — the kind of engineer who digs into an unfamiliar system, maps it out, and gets it shipped without needing the path handed to them. You’ll move between Linux internals, container runtimes, and CI pipelines, sometimes in the same afternoon.

## What they're looking for

- Strong understanding of containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, or similar runtimes)
- Deep Linux system knowledge: boot process, service management, filesystem layout, and failure recovery
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines (GitLab-CI, Jenkins, or similar)
- Proficiency with Git and collaborative development workflows
- Experience with embedded or resource-constrained systems
- Working Python

Tags: Onboard Software