Software Engineer (Cloud Platforms)
Quick facts
- Pay
- $180K – $280K + Competitive Equity
- Type
- Full-time
- Location
- San Mateo, CA
- Experience
- 6+ years
- Skills
- Kubernetes
- Industry
- Information Technology — 658 open jobs
- Visa in listing
- H-1B, OPT
- Apply
- Free to apply — never pay anyone for a job offer or visa sponsorship
Job description
🚀 We’re Hiring: Software Engineer (Cloud Platforms)!
Are you a builder who loves taking SaaS/cloud platforms from 0 to 1? Do you want to shape the future of multicloud AI infrastructure?
We are backed by UC Berkeley founders and commercializing SkyPilot (9.5K+ GitHub stars, 200+ contributors) to enable AI to run portably, cost-optimizing, and with high availability across different cloud infrastructures. We are scaling fast—adoption grew >600% in 2025—and we are looking for top-tier engineers to join our founding core.
📍 Role Details
- Role: Software Engineer (Cloud Platforms)
- Location: San Mateo, CA (Hybrid: 4 days in office, Fridays remote)
- Salary: $180K – $280K + Competitive Equity
- Visa Sponsorship: Open to visa transfers (e.g., OPT, H1B)
- Tech Stack: Go, Kubernetes, gRPC, PostgreSQL, Terraform
💻 What You’ll Do
- Architect the Platform: Build SkyPilot’s commercial cloud platform from the ground up, focusing on control plane and data plane separation, tenant/user isolation, control plane scaling, monitoring, and alerting.
- Build Core Services: Design and implement APIs and services in a cloud-native stack (Go, Kubernetes, microservices) with a strong emphasis on reliability, security, and simplicity.
🎯 What We’re Looking For (Requirements)
- The Builder Mindset: 6+ years of experience as a backend or platform engineer, with mandatory experience building a SaaS platform from 0 to 1.
- Core Skills: Go is preferred; Kubernetes experience in production is required. Strong familiarity with gRPC, PostgreSQL, and Terraform.
- Excellence Signal: Background from a top infrastructure/cloud company (e.g., Databricks, Confluent, Netflix, HashiCorp, or well-funded Series A–C infrastructure startups) or a top-30 CS program.
✨ Why Join Us?
- Work with a world-class team scaling infrastructure used by Fortune 500s and top AI-natives.
- Direct impact on shaping the infrastructure powering the next wave of AI applications.
👉 Ready to build from scratch? Drop a comment below, send a direct message, or apply directly by reaching out to our team!
- #Hiring #SoftwareEngineer #CloudPlatforms #Go #Kubernetes #Terraform #AI #TechJobs #SanMateoJobs
Visa sponsorship record
No public sponsorship records foundWe didn't find H-1B, H-1B1, E-3 or green card (PERM) filings under the name Job Spread in the Department of Labor and USCIS data. That doesn't mean the job can't be sponsored — the company may file under a different legal name, be new to sponsorship, or sponsor a visa that isn't in these datasets (for example H-2B or J-1).
Tip: ask the recruiter early, in writing, which visa they sponsor and whether they cover the legal and filing fees.
Which visas can work for this job
Occupation: Software Developers (SOC 15-1252).
- Mentioned in the listing
H-1B, OPT
- H-1B cap-exempt employer
Regular cap-subject employer — a new H-1B needs to win the lottery in March (unless you already hold cap-counted H-1B status).
- TN (citizens of Canada and Mexico)
This kind of role may fit the USMCA profession “Computer Systems Analyst (or Engineer, for engineering-degree holders)” — it depends on the actual duties. No lottery, no cap; you need the matching degree or license.
- E-3 (Australia) and H-1B1 (Chile, Singapore)
Same degree requirement as H-1B, but no lottery and a separate quota that is rarely filled.
- O-1 (extraordinary ability)
For candidates with awards, publications, press, a high salary or critical roles at distinguished organizations. No cap, no lottery; the employer files a petition.
- STEM OPT extension (F-1 students)
Requires an E-Verify employer. We didn't find this company in the E-Verify list — ask HR.
Salary vs prevailing wage
Level II (qualified)Software Developers · San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. Annual prevailing wages set by the Department of Labor (OFLC).
| Level | Prevailing wage | H-1B lottery odds* |
|---|---|---|
| Level I | $137,093 | ~15% |
| Level II | $165,131 | ~31% |
| Level III | $193,149 | ~46% |
| Level IV | $221,187 | ~61% |
This job pays $180,000–$280,000 a year — that's Level II (qualified). In the wage-weighted H-1B lottery a Level II registration gets 2 entries; estimated selection chance about 31%.
* Odds are DHS projections for the FY2027 wage-weighted lottery (actual results vary by year and employer). Since the FY2027 cap season the H-1B lottery is weighted by wage level: Level I = 1 entry, II = 2, III = 3, IV = 4. The level is set by the offered wage against the prevailing wage for the occupation and worksite. Separately, a $100,000 fee for new H-1B petitions for workers outside the US was announced in 2025; as of September 2026 a federal court ruling keeps it unenforceable while appeals continue — check the current status.
Sources: U.S. Department of Labor OFLC disclosure data (H-1B/H-1B1/E-3 LCA, PERM), OFLC prevailing wage data, USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub, E-Verify participating employers. Data loaded: LCA FY2024–FY2026, PERM, USCIS Data Hub, OFLC wages; updated 2026-10-03. Employers are matched by name, so records of companies with similar names can occasionally be mixed up. This is general information, not legal advice — talk to an immigration attorney about your case.