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# Platform Engineer

- **Company:** K2 Space
- **Location:** Los Angeles, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $123,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Automation of Tests, C Sharp (Programming Language), Continuous Integration, Distributed Systems, Github, Python (Programming Language), TypeScript, Management of Software Versions, Datadog, Policy as Code, Enterprise Software Applications, Gitlab, Gitlab-ci, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Terraform, Splunk, Golang
- **Published:** October 22, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.thejobnetwork.com/job/1871e122-a96c-49e2-9b53-62ead82f55e3/platform-engineer

## About the Role

* 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
 + Amazon EKS for feature development and operational support
 + Datadog, Splunk or OpenTelemetry

Nice To Have

 * 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)

## Description

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., * 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