Applied AI Software Engineer - Production AI Systems

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP; United States; On-site; USD 125,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

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

The role emphasizes hands-on AI product delivery, including evaluating, deploying, and integrating AI solutions, with on-site requirements and a strong focus on reliability and safety.

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

AI model deployment

End-to-end AI products

LLM techniques

Python

Docker

Kubernetes

React/Angular frontend

SQL databases

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Math

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Kafka

Job description

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

The role emphasizes hands-on AI product delivery, including evaluating, deploying, and integrating AI solutions, with on-site requirements and a strong focus on reliability and safety.