About the job
Air Space Intelligence (ASI) develops technology that improves decision-making across aviation, defense, energy, and critical infrastructure. With support from investors such as Andreessen Horowitz, Spark Capital, and Renegade Partners, ASI creates tools that turn lengthy analysis into rapid, actionable insights. The company aims to raise the bar for operational decision support in complex industries.
The Civil Aviation team works to modernize the United States air traffic control system. Their mission centers on safely managing tens of thousands of flights each day in a demanding, safety-critical environment. The team builds advanced trajectory prediction and decision-support systems and prepares national airspace for new technologies, including commercial space operations and advanced air mobility. Every project emphasizes precision, resilience, and reliability to support both safety and efficiency.
Role overview
The Technical Lead - Cloud Platform Engineer guides the architecture, reliability, and ongoing development of a cloud platform that underpins mission-critical aviation systems. This position combines hands-on engineering with team leadership, managing a small group while building and operating globally scalable infrastructure. The platform is designed for continuous delivery and aims for around 99.99% availability in a 24/7 operational environment.
What you will do
- Define and guide the architecture of the cloud platform
- Set best practices for infrastructure-as-code, Kubernetes-based systems, deployment pipelines, and production operations
- Own reliability end-to-end, including designing for failure, implementing observability (metrics, logging, tracing), and leading incident response and postmortems
- Lead and develop a small engineering team, setting direction, establishing standards, and building systems that promote autonomy and a culture of reliability
Requirements
- Extensive experience building and operating highly reliable cloud platforms with approximately 99.99% uptime
- Strong expertise with AWS, including multi-region and highly available architectures
- Proficiency in Kubernetes and related technologies
Location
This role is based in Boston, US.

