5 months ago
Base Salary
$160k - $225k/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 all aspects of software engineering and product development.
- Investigate user problems and create efficient solutions.
- Contribute to architecture, design, and code reviews.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, or a scientific discipline plus 4+ years of professional experience building software, or 6+ years of professional software development experience in lieu of a degree.
- 5+ years of full-stack development experience.
- Programming experience in Python, C#/.NET, Go, Scala, Java, or a similar object-oriented language.
- 5+ years of experience building single-page web applications.
- Expertise designing software systems and improving application performance.
- Experience with testing, continuous integration, build, deployment, monitoring, and version control concepts.
- Experience designing and deploying agentic AI systems, including LLM prompting, context retrieval, evaluation, and monitoring.
- Production experience with Docker.
- Front-end experience with Angular, React, or a similar JavaScript framework.
- Database experience with PostgreSQL, SQL Server, or similar database technologies.
- Applicants must meet applicable ITAR eligibility or authorization requirements.
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage.
- 401(k) retirement plan, disability insurance, life insurance, paid parental leave, discounts, and other perks.
- Approximately three weeks of paid vacation, 10 or more paid holidays, and paid sick leave.
- The role is onsite; remote and hybrid work are not considered.
- Work may include extended hours and weekends depending on launch cadence.
- Eligible employees may receive company stock or long-term cash awards, discretionary bonuses, and access to an Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
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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.