5 months ago
Base Salary
$220k - $350k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and optimize integrations between frontier AI models and government systems, platforms, and data environments.
- Develop custom SDKs, APIs, developer tools, and documentation for government and enterprise developers.
- Work with agency stakeholders to understand requirements, prototype solutions, and iterate based on feedback.
- Ship production-grade code and features focused on speed, simplicity, and measurable impact.
- Collaborate with product, research, infrastructure, and legal/governance teams to support safe, transparent, and ethical AI deployment.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or another STEM discipline, or 2+ years of professional software development experience in lieu of a degree.
- At least 5 years of hands-on software engineering experience building scalable systems, APIs, or AI/ML applications.
- Strong Python proficiency; experience with other programming languages is a plus.
- Experience with large language models, generative AI, or agentic systems is preferred.
- Familiarity with government or public-sector technology environments or regulated industries is preferred.
- Experience with AI safety, governance, red-teaming, responsible AI deployment, cloud platforms, containerization, or API orchestration is preferred.
- Strong product judgment, communication, problem-solving, and ability to write clean, maintainable, high-performance code.
- Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed and travel approximately 20%.
- Must successfully obtain and maintain a Top Secret Security Clearance.
- Must meet applicable ITAR eligibility requirements or be eligible to obtain required authorizations.
Benefits
- Base salary of $220,000-$350,000 per year.
- Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage.
- 401(k) retirement plan, disability insurance, life insurance, paid parental leave, discounts, and other perks.
- Three weeks of paid vacation and 10 or more paid holidays annually.
- Paid sick leave under company policy.
- 20% travel to government sites may be required; extended hours and weekends may be needed.
- Top Secret Security Clearance and ITAR eligibility are required.
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About SpaceX
SpaceX designs, manufactures, and launches orbital rockets and spacecraft, and operates Starlink, a global satellite internet network for consumers, businesses, and governments. Its revenue comes from commercial and government launch services (Falcon 9/Falcon Heavy, Dragon cargo and crew to the ISS) and subscription broadband with Starlink hardware and service. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Hawthorne, California, the privately held company serves NASA and commercial satellite operators, building most systems in-house.