Applied AI Software Engineer — End-to-End Production AI

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP; Bastrop (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX Bastrop, TX is seeking an Application Software Engineer, Applied AI to design, evaluate, deploy, and integrate modern AI systems. You will own end-to-end lifecycle of AI capabilities from prototype to production while partnering with product, engineering, and operations teams.

Aerospace experience is not required; we seek motivated engineers who love solving hard problems. You will work on AI-powered applications across SpaceX programs, building reliable software and production

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
• 1+ years of experience in full stack development

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

Full stack development

Python

C#.NET

Go

Java

Scala

Docker

Kubernetes

Data streaming

React

Angular

PostgreSQL

SQL Server

LLM techniques

Agentic systems

Education

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

2+ years of professional software experience

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Kafka

Job description

SpaceX Bastrop, TX is seeking an Application Software Engineer, Applied AI to design, evaluate, deploy, and integrate modern AI systems. You will own end-to-end lifecycle of AI capabilities from prototype to production while partnering with product, engineering, and operations teams.

Aerospace experience is not required; we seek motivated engineers who love solving hard problems. You will work on AI-powered applications across SpaceX programs, building reliable software and production