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# Platform Engineer

- **Company:** Joby Aviation
- **Location:** San Carlos, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $124,300.0 - $196,400.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Proxmox, Artificial Intelligence, Computing Platforms, Automation of Tests, Microsoft Azure, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Programming Tools, Github, Python (Programming Language), Network Security, Octopus Deploy, Software Engineering, Data Streaming, Test Data, Datadog, Application Enhancement Tool, Build Management, Git Flow, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Apache Kafka, Hardware Infrastructure, Api Gateway, Terraform
- **Published:** September 22, 2026
- **Apply:** https://careers-jobyaviation.icims.com/jobs/5415/senior-platform-engineer/job?mode=apply&apply=yes&in_iframe=1&hashed=-1834448039

## About the Role

* 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

Desired

 * 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

## Description

We'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., * 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