Platform Engineer

K2 Space • Los Angeles, CA

5d • $123,000 - $160,000

About The Position

Our enterprise software team builds the digital backbone that powers K2 Space’s satellite design, manufacturing, and mission operations. We develop tools that connect engineering, production, and mission control into a seamless ecosystem — enabling our hardware to get from concept to orbit faster than ever before. As we continue to grow, we’re looking for a Senior Platform Engineer on our Enterprise Information Systems team, you must possess strong technical skills and a sense of empathy for your fellow engineers. You will work closely with other talented engineers, architects and senior stakeholders to design, implement, and deliver on our roadmap.

Requirements

• 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

Nice To Haves

• Experience with developer connectivity abstractions: K8s CRDs/operators, guardrails (admission, lint, simulation) and automated tests
• Experience with infrastructure as code and delivery: Terraform or CDK, GitOps (GH Actions, Gitlab CI), progressive/canary rollouts, policy-as-code integration
• Familiarity in observability & SLOs (metrics, tracing, structured logs)

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

Benefits

• paid time off
• medical/dental/vision coverage
• life insurance
• paid parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree