K2 Space
Platform Engineer (DevX)
$123K–$160K
Los Angeles, CA +1 · Full-time · Posted Oct 1, 2026
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles - Experience
- 2+ years building developer tooling, platforms, or deployment patterns.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be a “U.S. person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. § 120.15 or otherwise eligible for a federally issued export control license.
About the job
Builds developer platform tooling and deployment patterns that help engineers ship secure, reliable applications for K2’s satellite and manufacturing systems.
What you'll do
- Build and maintain Amazon EKS deployment patterns, guardrails, automated policies, and CI/CD gates.
- Support secure, governed AI-assisted development, including monitoring, operational support, and proofs of concept for AI and developer tools.
- Integrate monitoring, alerting, and SLOs; track platform performance and costs; write documentation and diagnostics.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
- Proficiency in at least one of Go, TypeScript, Python, or C#.
- Hands-on experience deploying applications on Amazon EKS.
- Experience with CI/CD (GitHub Actions or GitLab CI), disciplined Git workflows, and AI-assisted development.
Nice to have
- Infrastructure as code with Terraform or AWS CDK; progressive delivery or policy-as-code.
- Observability, internal developer platforms, or experience supporting manufacturing, aerospace, or other hardware-driven organizations.
Pay
$123,000 $160,000 USD base salary
Tools
Amazon EKS, Go, TypeScript, Python, C#, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Terraform
AI focus
Drive secure, consistent AI adoption in software development through guardrails, governance, observability, and operational support; evaluate AI platforms and models, and support AI-assisted workflows.
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