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About ZelloZello is a voice-first communication platform, powered by our industry-leading push-to-talk technology, to improve collaboration and productivity for desk-less workers. With over 175+ million users, we’re the #1 rated push-to-talk app in the world, delivering 9 billion (yes, with a B) messages a month.
At Zello, our company values are at the heart of what we do everyday. We’re proud to serve the frontline, we’re privileged to connect people in times of crisis across the globe, and we’re honored to support first responders.
And this is where you come in.
We’re looking for a Senior Cloud Engineer to help evolve our platform into a fully automated, scalable, and observable cloud ecosystem. You’ll play a key role in defining infrastructure architecture, enabling developer velocity, and improving reliability and performance across our products.
After a successful first year, you will haveDefined Zello’s infrastructure as code, deployed through GitOps workflows.
Successfully migrated key services to Google Cloud Platform.
Designed and implemented standardized CI/CD pipelines that deliver high developer velocity with strong guardrails.
Delivered tooling and visibility that improve observability, performance insights, and cost transparency.
Lead the design and implementation of a secure, scalable cloud platform as we migrate from IBM Cloud to Google Cloud.
Build and maintain GitOps-driven CI/CD pipelines for monorepos and microservices.
Partner with application teams to architect and deploy cloud-native solutions that improve scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency.
Implement infrastructure as code using Terraform and related tooling.
Participate in on-call rotations, contributing to incident response and postmortems.
Continuously improve platform standards, automation, and developer experience.
BSc in Computer Science or equivalent experience
6+ years of experience in cloud engineering, DevOps, or software engineering roles.
Proven experience implementing CI/CD pipelines at scale (e.g., GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, Jenkins, or Cloud Build).
Deep understanding of cloud-native architecture and networking fundamentals.
Strong experience with GCP (preferred) or AWS/Azure.
Expertise in Terraform, Ansible, and container orchestration
Comfortable working in Linux-based environments.
Strong communicator with a problem-solving mindset and collaborative approach.Familiarity with backend languages such as Go, Python, or C++, and databases like MongoDB, MySQL, or Elasticsearch is a plus
We hire for potential, passion for our mission, and a knack for solving difficult problems over checking every qualification box. We have competitive pay, equity with significant upside, and intentionally design our benefits to encourage healthy and well-balanced employees, flexible schedules and time off. We even offer a sabbatical after every five years of service so you’re able to pursue and enjoy what matters most to you. And of course, we wouldn’t be a technology company in Austin without a ping-pong table and free snacks in our break room. Join us!
Zello provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
All Zello personnel are required to comply with defined security, privacy, and compliance requirements applicable to their role along with requirements that are applicable to all Zello personnel.
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What We Do
We started as a company that turned phones into walkie-talkies. Today, we modernize instant voice communication with our industry-leading push-to-talk technology to help mobile workers meet quickly changing, urgent, real-world challenges.
We have the highest-rated walkie-talkie app, with over 8 billion messages sent per month and 170 million users in industries such as transportation, retail, construction, hospitality, healthcare, and more.
We’re proud to serve frontline workers, we’re privileged to connect people in times of crisis across the globe, and we’re honored to support first responders. As demand for our app continues to rise, we’ve evolved from a startup to a scale-up — and we’re still growing rapidly, which is where you come in.
Why Work With Us
If you strive to work on technology with purpose, technology that actually changes how people communicate and work, then come talk to us. We like people who take pride in their work, and deliver with consistency and quality. We're collaborative, sometimes serious, sometimes not, but we're all in 110%.
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Hybrid Workspace
Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
Zello is a hybrid workplace, where Austin employees typically work in the office on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.
