# Senior Platform Engineer at Turion Space

- Company: Turion Space (YC S21)
- What the company does: Moving Things Around in Space, Imaging Space Objects When We're Not. Backed by Y Combinator.
- Company website: https://turionspace.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Irvine, CA, US
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $130 to $180/hr (USD)
- Posted: 2025-01-22
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/turion-space/jobs/eqV8EL3-senior-platform-engineer
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/turion-space-senior-platform-engineer/

## About the role

Turion Space is seeking an experienced Senior Platform Engineer to join our platform engineering team. This role requires advanced expertise in CI/CD practices, cloud services (particularly AWS), containerization, and infrastructure as code. While our current infrastructure primarily uses AWS, we're building our platform and products with infrastructure agnosticism in mind - whether cloud or on-premises.

## What they're looking for

- Must be able to obtain and maintain a Personnel Security Clearance (PCL)
- 8+ years of experience in software development, DevOps, or platform engineering
- Proven track record of implementing large-scale platforms and infrastructure
- Expert-level knowledge of CI/CD concepts and extensive experience with industry-standard tools
- Deep expertise with AWS services and architectures, particularly around containerization and orchestration
- Advanced proficiency in infrastructure as code tools, especially AWS CDK

Tags: Engineering