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Platform Engineer

K2 Space· Software
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Hybrid (Los Angeles, CA)$123k - $160kFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Senior Platform Engineer on the Enterprise Information Systems team to design, implement, and deliver on the roadmap for K2 Space’s satellite design, manufacturing, and mission operations, with a focus on operational support, observability, code lifecycle, and automated deployment practices.

Responsibilities

  • Operational support for Amazon EKS self-service functionalities maintain abstractions enabling scoped segmentation, governed namespace, automate workload scaling, multi-tenancy, adaptive ingress/egress, and traceable traffic
  • Help implement observability standards so end-to-end request path and applied policies are visible (source, identity, route, outcome, saturation, cost) across environments
  • Provide approachable docs & diagnostics (guides, diagrams, ‘why can’t this connect?’ flows) to shorten support loops
  • Support code lifecycle and adoption including versioning, safe migrations, deprecations, usage telemetry, and proactive pruning of unused resources
  • Build automated policies and processes to ensure good code deployment practices, code hygiene, good code test practices

Qualifications

  • BS in Computer Science (or equivalent) and 2-5 years of experience building and operating distributed systems
  • Proficiency in at least one language (Go, TypeScript, Python, C#) and disciplined SCM workflows (branching, reviews, automated gates)
  • Working knowledge of CI/CD build pipeline with Github or Gitlab
  • Working knowledge of Amazon EKS for feature development and operational support
  • Working knowledge of Datadog, Splunk or OpenTelemetry

Skills

Required:Distributed systems basicsGoTypeScriptPythonC#CI/CDAmazon EKSObservability tooling
Nice to have:Documentation

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package including paid time off, medical/dental/vision coverage, life insurance, paid parental leave, and many other perks
Last updated Sep 2, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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