Applied AI Software Engineer — Production‑Grade AI

Future Ventures; Town of Texas (WI); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

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

You should have hands-on experience delivering AI products, with strong software engineering fundamentals and proficiency in Python, Docker/Kubernetes, and modern data streaming

Qualifications

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

Production systems design

Python programming

Full stack development

Frontend frameworks

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Kafka

SQL databases

Job description

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

You should have hands-on experience delivering AI products, with strong software engineering fundamentals and proficiency in Python, Docker/Kubernetes, and modern data streaming