Senior Site Reliability Engineer

The role

You will be responsible for the core infrastructure and tooling used by the software team and larger Engineering org. You will create solutions that affect how code is written, built, and tested for vehicle and non-vehicle software.

What you will do

• Design, implement and maintain both Cloud and On-Premises infrastructure using Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC)
• Update, deploy and scale mission-critical services using industry best practices
• Collaborate with engineering teams to create highly available, deployable, and reliable products
• Reduce operational toil through automation, tooling, and self-service platforms
• Partner with other technical teams to design controls, uphold security standards, and proactively mitigate vulnerabilities
• Lead high-impact reliability, security, and resiliency efforts

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology or a STEM discipline or 5+ years of professional experience in Software Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering or DevOps
• Deep experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
• 3+ years of Infrastructure-as-code deployment processes
• Production experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration
• Solid understanding of networking & Linux internals

Nice to have

• Experience managing application deployment workflows
• Experience managing core infrastructure with high availability requirements
• Experience with high-volume manufacturing, aerospace, or other adjacent environments
• Experience writing Terraform, Ansible, or other common Infrastructure-as-Code and owning the full lifecycle of infrastructure deployments
• Experience working with mission-critical and sensitive systems
• Strong programming skills in at least one language (Go, Python, or similar)
• Track record of driving technical strategy and influencing across teams

Benefits

• Paid time off
• Medical/dental/vision coverage
• Life insurance
• Paid parental leave
• Many other perks

Before you apply

• 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 company

K2 is building the largest and highest-power satellites ever flown. They are mass-producing high-power satellite platforms for missions from LEO to deep space.