Senior Platform Engineer - Observability & EKS

K2Spacecorporation; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 123,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Comprehensive benefits package

Paid time off

Job summary

K2 Space is building the largest and highest-power satellites and a scalable digital backbone for design, manufacturing, and operations. The Senior Platform Engineer will join the Enterprise Information Systems team to design, implement, and deliver on the roadmap while partnering with engineers, architects, and senior stakeholders.

The role requires distribution systems experience, proficiency in Go/TypeScript/Python, and strong knowledge of CI/CD, EKS, and observability tools.

Qualifications

• BS in Computer Science or equivalent and 2-5 years 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 pipelines with GitHub or GitLab, Amazon EKS for feature development and operational support, and observability tools such as Datadog/Splunk/OpenTelemetry.

Responsibilities

• Operational support for Amazon EKS self-service functionalities, enabling scoped segmentation, governed namespaces, automated workload scaling, multi-tenancy, and traceable traffic.
• Help implement observability standards so end-to-end request path and policies are visible across environments.
• Provide approachable docs and diagnostics 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, and reliable testing.

Skills

Distributed systems

Go

TypeScript

Python

C#

Education

BS in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

GitHub

GitLab

Amazon EKS

Datadog

Splunk

OpenTelemetry

Job description

K2 Space is building the largest and highest-power satellites and a scalable digital backbone for design, manufacturing, and operations. The Senior Platform Engineer will join the Enterprise Information Systems team to design, implement, and deliver on the roadmap while partnering with engineers, architects, and senior stakeholders.

The role requires distribution systems experience, proficiency in Go/TypeScript/Python, and strong knowledge of CI/CD, EKS, and observability tools.