Applied AI Software Engineer – Production-grade AI Systems

InvestedintheMission; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, vision, dental

Stock options

401(k)

Paid time off

SpaceX shuttle service

Job summary

SpaceX in Redmond (WA) seeks an Applications Software Engineer, Applied AI, to design, evaluate, deploy and integrate modern AI systems across aerospace programs. You’ll own end-to-end AI capabilities from prototype to production, partnering with Product, Engineering and Operations teams.

The role emphasizes hands-on experience with LLMs, agentic systems, tool-use, and multi-agent orchestration, delivering reliable, scalable AI-powered features in a high‑reliability environment.

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
• Hands-on experience evaluating, deploying, and integrating AI models into production systems

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

AI model evaluation

Production systems

LLM techniques

Python

C#.NET

Go

Scala

Java

Docker

Kubernetes

Frontend frameworks

PostgreSQL

SQL Server

Education

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

Tools

Kafka

Docker

Kubernetes

PostgreSQL

SQL Server

Job description

SpaceX in Redmond (WA) seeks an Applications Software Engineer, Applied AI, to design, evaluate, deploy and integrate modern AI systems across aerospace programs. You’ll own end-to-end AI capabilities from prototype to production, partnering with Product, Engineering and Operations teams.

The role emphasizes hands-on experience with LLMs, agentic systems, tool-use, and multi-agent orchestration, delivering reliable, scalable AI-powered features in a high‑reliability environment.