Base Salary
$125k - $195k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop highly reliable software solutions used across SpaceX.
- Create applications that improve SpaceX operations.
- Build prototypes to validate design concepts and quantify technical constraints.
- Own software engineering and product development from end to end.
- Analyze user problems and create efficient solutions.
- Participate in architecture, design, and code reviews.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, or a scientific discipline, or 2+ years of professional software-building experience in lieu of a degree.
- At least 1 year of full-stack development experience.
- Preferred programming experience with Python, C#.NET, Go, Scala, Java, or a similar object-oriented language.
- Preferred 1+ year of rigorous single-page web application development experience.
- Preferred expertise in software system design, application profiling, and performance improvement.
- Preferred experience designing and deploying agentic AI systems involving LLM prompting, context retrieval, evaluation, and monitoring.
- Preferred production experience with Docker.
- Preferred frontend experience with Angular, React, or a similar JavaScript framework.
- Preferred database experience with PostgreSQL, SQL Server, or similar database technologies.
- Must satisfy applicable ITAR eligibility requirements or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations.
Benefits
- Fully onsite role; remote and hybrid work are not available.
- May require extended hours and weekends depending on launch cadence.
- Medical, vision, and dental coverage are provided.
- 401(k), disability insurance, life insurance, paid parental leave, discounts, and other perks are available.
- Employees may accrue 3 weeks of paid vacation and receive 10 or more paid holidays per year.
- Paid sick leave is provided pursuant to company policy.
- Potential long-term incentives, discretionary bonuses, and Employee Stock Purchase Plan participation may be available.
Tech Stack
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About SpaceX
SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches the world’s most advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 by Elon Musk to revolutionize space transportation, with the ultimate goal of making life multiplanetary. SpaceX has gained worldwide attention for a series of historic milestones. It is the only private company ever to return a spacecraft from low-Earth orbit, which it first accomplished in December 2010. The company made history again in May 2012 when its Dragon spacecraft attached to the International Space Station, exchanged cargo payloads, and returned safely to Earth — a technically challenging feat previously accomplished only by governments. Since then Dragon has delivered cargo to and from the space station multiple times, providing regular cargo resupply missions for NASA. For more information, visit www.spacex.com.