Full-Stack Engineer for Spaceflight Systems

InvestedintheMission; Bastrop (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Full Stack Software Engineer to build mission-critical applications used across our aerospace manufacturing and flight operations. You will own software components end-to-end, design scalable systems, and collaborate across teams to deliver robust solutions for Starlink and Starship programs.

The role emphasizes rapid iteration, performance optimization, and strong ownership, with opportunities to influence architecture and tooling in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment.

Qualifications

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

Full stack development

Python

C#.NET

Go

Scala

Java

Single page apps

Version control

CI/CD

Software design

Performance profiling

Build systems

Unix-like environments

Kafka / messaging

Docker

Kubernetes

Angular / React

PostgreSQL / SQL Server

Education

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

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

Tools

Git

CI/CD tools

Terraform

Ansible

Puppet

Make / Bazel / Gradle

pip / npm

Docker tooling

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Full Stack Software Engineer to build mission-critical applications used across our aerospace manufacturing and flight operations. You will own software components end-to-end, design scalable systems, and collaborate across teams to deliver robust solutions for Starlink and Starship programs.

The role emphasizes rapid iteration, performance optimization, and strong ownership, with opportunities to influence architecture and tooling in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment.