Platform Engineer

Platform Engineer

QuantumScape is on a mission to transform energy storage with solid-state lithium-metal battery technology. The company's next-generation batteries are designed to enable greater energy density, faster charging and enhanced safety to support the transition away from legacy energy sources toward a lower carbon future.

About the team: We're a small Platform Engineering team responsible for the core foundation that powers product development. We support our in-house developers with reliable tooling and self-service platforms, manage and optimize our cloud infrastructure, and drive operational excellence across DevOps, FinOps, and SecOps.

What we need: We're hiring a Platform Engineer (2+ years of professional experience) to help build and operate the core platform that accelerates our software teams and the greater organization. You'll support in-house developers with reliable tooling and self-service, manage and optimize our cloud infrastructure, and lead day-to-day DevOps practices. You'll also drive FinOps to control and forecast spend, and partner on SecOps to harden our environments and keep them compliant—enabling teams to ship quickly and safely.

What You'll do: Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, or related technical field. 2-4 years' experience Design, build, and operate the internal developer platform and self-service tooling that streamline delivery for engineering teams. Own CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation; improve build reliability, speed, and developer self-service. Run infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform) to provision, secure, and scale cloud and Kubernetes environments. Implement and operate observability: metrics, logging, tracing, and alerting; respond to incident and service requests. Harden platforms and manage risk: implement security baselines and vulnerability management (SecOps) and optimize cloud spend with cost guardrails and reporting (FinOps).

Skills You'll Need: Cloud fundamentals (GCP/AWS/Azure); strong foundation in Linux, containers, and basic knowledge of Kubernetes operations Infrastructure as Code (Terraform); configuration management; Git and code review CI/CD systems (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, etc.); packaging, artifact, and release pipelines Scripting/programming (i.e. Python, Bash); troubleshooting across OS, network, and apps Observability (monitoring, logging, tracing); incident response/on-call and reliability practices Security fundamentals (IAM, least privilege, vulnerability management, secrets) FinOps awareness (cost optimization, budgeting/guardrails); documentation and collaboration Experience with the fundamentals of Agentic AI as it applies to Platform Engineering.

Location: The role is part of a remote-first team. You would have the option to work out of our San Jose, CA location if you desire.

Compensation & Benefits: Expected salary range for this role is from $125,200 to $181,600 and a final salary will be determined by the candidate's experience and educational background. QuantumScape also offers an annual bonus and a generous RSU/Equity package as part of its compensation plan. In addition, we do offer a tremendous benefits plan including employee paid health care, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), and other benefits. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive benefits and privileges of employment.