Senior Platform Engineer - HPC, CI/CD, Cloud Infra

Inversion; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 139,000 - 201,000; Full time

Job summary

Inversion is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to join their simulation team in Playa Vista, California. This role requires developing and managing the infrastructure supporting testing environments for flight systems, ensuring reliable integration under realistic conditions.

You will provision high-performance computing resources, manage CI/CD pipelines, and collaborate closely with engineering teams. Ideal candidates have 5+ years in platform engineering, scripting expertise, and experience with cloud solutions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience in platform, DevOps, infrastructure, or software engineering.
• Expertise in DevOps best practices.
• Proficiency in one or more scripting languages like Python or Bash.
• Experience with Linux-based systems.
• Experience with CI/CD platforms such as GitLab CI or Jenkins.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

• Provision and maintain infrastructure for simulation workflows.
• Leverage IaaS for scalability and optimization.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines for improved iteration speed.
• Configure network hardware and manage cloud resources.
• Develop a simulation system for resource provisioning.

Skills

Platform, DevOps, infrastructure, or software engineering experience

DevOps best practices

Scripting languages (Python, Lua, Bash, PowerShell)

Linux-based systems

CI/CD platforms (GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins)

Containerization (Docker/Podman) and orchestration (Kubernetes)

Tools

Terraform

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

Inversion is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to join their simulation team in Playa Vista, California. This role requires developing and managing the infrastructure supporting testing environments for flight systems, ensuring reliable integration under realistic conditions.

You will provision high-performance computing resources, manage CI/CD pipelines, and collaborate closely with engineering teams. Ideal candidates have 5+ years in platform engineering, scripting expertise, and experience with cloud solutions.