Base Salary
$125k - $175k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and operate secure, scalable AI platforms and proxy systems used throughout SpaceX
- Own platform development across design, testing, deployment, operations, and continuous improvement
- Create shared prompts, skills, infrastructure, documentation, and tools that drive adoption among engineers
- Identify high-value opportunities and build solutions for tested software, deployed applications, trained models, and reliable data systems
- Collaborate with stakeholders to connect AI capabilities to real tools and workflows
- Onboard new models, expand compute resources, and optimize proxy efficiency for logging, control, and security
- Develop risk-mitigation tools including AI-powered code review and pull request automation
- Convert engineering expertise into secure, reliable, and scalable automation
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, or another engineering discipline, or 2+ years of professional experience building production software in lieu of a degree
- Experience developing production software systems in platform, backend, or full-stack environments
- Preferred experience building internal developer platforms, AI gateways, or secure proxy systems in production
- Hands-on experience with Docker containers, security-focused architecture, and integrations across cloud compute and frontier model providers is preferred
- Familiarity with MLOps, model onboarding, compute orchestration, and large-scale AI infrastructure is preferred
- Proficiency in Python and experience with additional languages such as Go, Java, or TypeScript is preferred
- Knowledge of Kubernetes, container orchestration, observability, and infrastructure-as-code tools is preferred
- Understanding of AI risk mitigation, code generation, and developer productivity tools is preferred
- Applicants must meet applicable U.S. Government ITAR eligibility or authorization requirements
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Short- and long-term disability insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid parental leave
- Company stock or long-term cash awards may be available
- Potential discretionary bonuses
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan with discounted stock
- Three weeks of paid vacation may accrue
- 10 or more paid holidays per year
- Paid sick leave under company policy
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.