Full Stack Engineer - Mission-Critical Space Apps

InvestedintheMission; Hawthorne (CA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

401(k) retirement plan

Health, vision, dental coverage

Paid vacation and holidays

Parental leave

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Full Stack Engineer (Application Software) to join our team in Hawthorne, CA. You will own full-stack development for mission-critical applications used in launch vehicle production, Starlink operations, and manufacturing software for Starship.

The role emphasizes solving complex problems with a collaborative, respectful team that shares a strong mission to enable human life on Mars. Onsite work is required, with opportunities to impact aerospace and spaceflight systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or 2+ years of professional software experience.
• 1+ years of experience in full-stack development.
• Proven ability to deliver reliable software across complex systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop highly reliable software solutions used across SpaceX
• Create new applications to improve SpaceX operations
• Build prototypes to prove design concepts and constraints
• Own all aspects of software engineering and product development
• Deep dive into users’ problems to create efficient solutions
• Contribute to architecture, design, and code reviews as part of a team

Skills

Python

C#.NET

Go

Scala

Java

SPA development

Docker

Kubernetes

Angular/React

PostgreSQL/SQL Server

Unix/Linux

Terraform/Ansible/Puppet

Kafka/RabbitMQ

Education

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

Tools

Git

Make

Bazel/Pants/Buck

Gradle

pip

npm

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

Puppet

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Full Stack Engineer (Application Software) to join our team in Hawthorne, CA. You will own full-stack development for mission-critical applications used in launch vehicle production, Starlink operations, and manufacturing software for Starship.

The role emphasizes solving complex problems with a collaborative, respectful team that shares a strong mission to enable human life on Mars. Onsite work is required, with opportunities to impact aerospace and spaceflight systems.