or apply directly on K2 Space 's site. We never take the application ourselves.
Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 8 days K2 Space 's roles stay open a median of 45 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- Yes 78% of K2 Space 's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at K2 Space
- low 0 stale, 0 reposted of 220 open
- Hiring momentum
- 244 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from K2 Space 's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for K2 Space .
About this role
As a Senior Platform Engineer at K2, you will be part of the enterprise software team that develops tools to support satellite design, manufacturing, and mission operations. Your role involves creating application patterns for deployment on Amazon EKS, promoting AI adoption, and ensuring resilience and reliability in production operations. You will also mentor engineers and optimize performance and cost across the software development lifecycle.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 5/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 5/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of K2 Space as an employer.
What you need
- 8+ years of experience building developer tooling and deployment patterns
- Proficiency in at least one language (Go, TypeScript, Python, C#)
- Deep working knowledge of designing, developing, and deploying applications to Amazon EKS
- Deep working knowledge of CI/CD build pipeline with Github or Gitlab
- Experience with using Terraform or CDK, GitOps (GH Actions, Gitlab CI)
- Experience with AI-assisted development processes
Nice to have
- Comfortable with performing PoC to evaluate new technology: AI Platform, AI models
- Competence leveraging observability & SLOs (metrics, tracing, structured logs)
- Experience with progressive/canary rollouts, policy-as-code integration
What you get
- Base salary range for this role is $165,000 - $200,000 + equity in the company
- Comprehensive benefits package including paid time off, medical/dental/vision coverage, life insurance, paid parental leave, and many other perks
Worth weighing
- No specific mention of remote work options or flexibility
- The role involves navigating AI benefits and challenges, which may require adaptability
- The company is in a high-growth phase, which can be both exciting and demanding
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Listed by K2 Space on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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