Full Stack Engineer: Build Mission-Critical Space Apps

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP; Memphis (TN); On-site; USD 110,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX in Memphis, TN is seeking a Full Stack Software Engineer (Application Software) to join a team delivering mission-critical applications that accelerate launch vehicle production and Starlink operations. You will own end-to-end software development for systems used across SpaceX with a focus on reliability and performance.

The role requires on-site work in Memphis, collaboration across teams, and strong experience with modern web and backend stacks.

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 that are used across SpaceX
• Create new applications that improve how SpaceX operates
• Build prototypes to prove out key design concepts and quantify technical constraints
• Own all aspects of software engineering and product development
• Deep dive into your users’ problems to find and create efficient solutions
• Bring your voice to the table in team collaborations on architecture, design, and code reviews

Skills

Python

C#.NET

Go

Scala

Java

Single Page Apps

CI/CD concepts

Testing/CI/Build/Monitoring

Profiling & performance

Build systems

Package management

UNIX-like OS & IaC tools

Streaming data processing

Docker & Kubernetes

PostgreSQL/SQL Server

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Math/Science or equivalent

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

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Puppet

Make/Bazel/Pants/Buck/Gradle

pip

npm

Job description

SpaceX in Memphis, TN is seeking a Full Stack Software Engineer (Application Software) to join a team delivering mission-critical applications that accelerate launch vehicle production and Starlink operations. You will own end-to-end software development for systems used across SpaceX with a focus on reliability and performance.

The role requires on-site work in Memphis, collaboration across teams, and strong experience with modern web and backend stacks.