Imagine a piloted air taxi that takes off vertically, then quietly carries you and your fellow passengers over the congested city streets below, enabling you to spend more time with the people and places that matter most. At Joby, we've been working to make that dream a reality since 2009 and we're now in the final stages of certifying our aircraft with the FAA. With plans to launch our aircraft in the US and Dubai, we're now scaling manufacturing and preparing for the launch of our commercial service.
OverviewWe're looking for a Senior Platform Engineer to build and evolve the engineering platform supporting the software used in Joby's aircraft manufacturing operations. In this role, you'll own core infrastructure, software delivery pipelines, and developer tooling, creating reliable self-service capabilities that help engineers ship software without spending time on repetitive setup and operational work. You'll work closely with software engineering, QA, and IT to make software delivery faster, safer, and more predictable. You'll also help establish practical ways to use AI across development, testing, and operations. This is a high-ownership role with direct impact on the reliability and pace of the systems that support aircraft design, production and operations.
Responsibilities- Design and build the delivery system, from CI/CD pipelines to internal tools and self-service capabilities, that removes repetitive setup and operational work from developers' hands and shortens the path from idea to production
- Build the pipeline foundations that enable fast, reliable automated testing: ephemeral environments, test data, parallelized execution, and quality gates, in partnership with QA and development teams
- Design and operate a shared Kubernetes platform across cloud and on-premises factory sites, with the standardized deployment patterns that help teams onboard and ship consistently
- Evaluate and integrate AI into development, testing, and operational workflows, including the infrastructure and guardrails needed to use AI-powered tools safely at scale
- Own infrastructure as code, observability, incident response, and post-incident reviews for systems that production lines depend on
- Embed security and compliance controls into the platform and pipelines so they are enforced automatically, keeping teams fast while maintaining security and compliance requirements
- B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
- 5+ years in platform, DevOps, or SRE roles, with ownership of production systems used by multiple teams
- Strong hands-on experience operating Kubernetes in running clusters in production.
- Strong CI/CD, GitOps, and infrastructure-as-code background, ideally with GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, and Terraform
- Proven software engineering experience building and maintaining production services, tools, and components in Python
- Experience with a major cloud provider, preferably Azure, plus comfort with on-premises infrastructure
- Security-minded approach to platform design and strong communication skills across functions and time zones
- Experience building or scaling an internal developer platform used by multiple teams
- Hands-on experience with AI coding tools and agent workflows, and a view on how to apply them across an engineering organization
- Experience with observability platforms such as Datadog, and with Proxmox or comparable on-premises virtualization
- Experience safely exposing services to external users (API gateways, edge security, multi-tenancy)
- Experience with Kafka or other event-streaming platforms
- Exposure to regulated or audited environments (e.g., SOX) or to manufacturing / shop-floor systems
Compensation at Joby is a combination of base pay and Restricted Stock Units (RSUs). The target base pay for this position is $124,300 - $196,400/yr.
The compensation package will be determined by job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
Joby also offers a comprehensive benefits package, including paid time off, healthcare benefits, a 401(k) plan with a company match, an employee stock purchase plan (ESPP), short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, and more.
Joby is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Skills Required
- B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
- 5+ years in platform, DevOps, or SRE roles
- Experience owning production systems used by multiple teams
- Strong hands-on experience operating Kubernetes in production
- Strong CI/CD, GitOps, and infrastructure-as-code experience
- Experience with GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, and Terraform
- Production software engineering experience building and maintaining services, tools, and components in Python
- Experience with a major cloud provider, preferably Azure
- Comfort with on-premises infrastructure
- Security-minded approach to platform design
- Strong communication skills across functions and time zones
- Experience building or scaling an internal developer platform used by multiple teams
- Experience with AI coding tools and agent workflows
- Experience with observability platforms such as Datadog
- Experience with Proxmox or comparable on-premises virtualization
- Experience safely exposing services to external users, including API gateways, edge security, and multi-tenancy
- Experience with Kafka or other event-streaming platforms
- Exposure to regulated or audited environments such as SOX
- Exposure to manufacturing or shop-floor systems
Joby Aviation Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Retirement Support — Retirement support is described as comprehensive, including a 401(k) plan with a company match. Ownership-oriented savings options like an ESPP are also included alongside retirement benefits.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity participation is a prominent component of total rewards through RSUs and an ESPP, making upside potential a core part of compensation design. This structure is framed as especially attractive when equity is valued as part of overall pay competitiveness.
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What We Do
Joby is a California-based company building quiet, all-electric aircraft to connect people like never before. With up to 150 miles of range and the ability to take off and land vertically, the Joby aircraft will change the way we move while reducing the acoustic and climate footprint of flight.
