Applied AI Software Engineer - Build Production AI Systems

SpaceX; McGregor (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking an Application Software Engineer in Applied AI to design, evaluate, deploy, and integrate modern AI systems powering SpaceX products and infrastructure. You will own the end-to-end lifecycle of AI capabilities from prototype to production, partnering with Product, Engineering, and Operations teams.

Aerospace experience is not required; you will work with a team of engineers to deliver reliable AI-powered features across production, flight, and Starlink operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, math, or scientific discipline; OR 2+ years of professional experience building software in lieu of a degree

Responsibilities

• Develop highly reliable software solutions used across SpaceX, including AI-powered applications that accelerate production, flight, and Starlink operations
• Create new applications that improve how SpaceX operates by incorporating modern large language models, agentic systems, and other AI capabilities
• Own the full lifecycle of Applied AI systems: design, evaluation, deployment, monitoring, and iteration from prototype to production
• Deep dive into users’ problems to uncover high-leverage AI opportunities and deliver efficient, production-grade solutions
• Architect production systems for agentic workflows, tool-use, multi-agent orchestration, advanced retrieval, and long-context applications that prioritize reliability, safety, and responsible deployment
• Build and maintain rigorous evaluation frameworks (LLM-as-judge, automated benchmarks, online evaluation) and production observability/monitoring for AI quality, safety, latency, and cost
• Stay at the frontier of LLM techniques and rapidly incorporate emerging best practices into production systems across SpaceX programs

Skills

Python

C#.NET

Go

Java

Scala

Full stack development

Distributed systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, math, or scientific discipline

2+ years of professional software development experience in lieu of a degree

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Kafka

PostgreSQL

SQL Server

React

Angular

Job description

SpaceX is seeking an Application Software Engineer in Applied AI to design, evaluate, deploy, and integrate modern AI systems powering SpaceX products and infrastructure. You will own the end-to-end lifecycle of AI capabilities from prototype to production, partnering with Product, Engineering, and Operations teams.

Aerospace experience is not required; you will work with a team of engineers to deliver reliable AI-powered features across production, flight, and Starlink operations.