AI Engineer, Special Programs for Government

Spacex; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 125,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX in Washington, DC is seeking an AI Engineer for Special Programs to design and deploy AI capabilities for U.S. federal agencies.

You will work with product, research, and governance teams to enable mission-critical AI while upholding safety and transparency. You will build integrations between frontier models and government data, develop SDKs and tools, and partner with agency stakeholders to translate requirements into concrete solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or another STEM discipline; OR 2+ years of professional software development experience in lieu of a degree.
• Hands-on software engineering experience building scalable systems, APIs, or AI/ML applications with strong Python proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and optimize integrations between AI frontier models (e.g., Grok family) and government systems, platforms, and data environments
• Collaborate on custom SDKs, APIs, developer tools, and documentation tailored for government and enterprise developers
• Partner with agency stakeholders to understand requirements, prototype solutions, and iterate rapidly based on real-world feedback
• Ship production-grade code and features with a bias toward speed, simplicity, and measurable impact

Skills

Python

APIs

AI/ML

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or STEM or 2+ years experience

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

SpaceX in Washington, DC is seeking an AI Engineer for Special Programs to design and deploy AI capabilities for U.S. federal agencies.

You will work with product, research, and governance teams to enable mission-critical AI while upholding safety and transparency. You will build integrations between frontier models and government data, develop SDKs and tools, and partner with agency stakeholders to translate requirements into concrete solutions.