Full Stack Software Engineer (Application Software)

United States Digital Space LLC; Starbase (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC seeks a Full Stack Software Engineer (Application Software) to advance mission-critical applications for Starlink platforms and manufacturing software. You will build systems enabling rapid production, data streams from assets, and customer-facing services supporting a global network.

You will own end-to-end software development, collaborate across teams, and design scalable solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or 2+ years of professional software experience.
• Experience in full stack development across front and back end.
• Strong problem solving and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop highly reliable software solutions used across the company.
• Create new applications improving company operations.
• Build prototypes to prove key design concepts and constraints.
• Own all aspects of software engineering and product development.
• Deep dive into user problems to create efficient solutions.
• Contribute in architecture, design, and code reviews.

Skills

Full stack development

Python

C#.NET

Go

Scala

Java

SPAs (1+ years)

Version control

CI/CD concepts

Software design

Testing/CI/Build/Monitoring

Application performance profiling

Build systems (Make, Bazel, Pants,Buck

Gradle

pip, npm

Terraform/Ansible/Puppet

Kafka/RabbitMQ/ActiveMQ

Docker

Kubernetes

Angular/React

PostgreSQL/SQL Server

Education

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

2+ years professional software experience in lieu of degree

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Make

Bazel

Pants

Buck

Gradle

pip

npm

Terraform

Ansible

Puppet

Apache Kafka

RabbitMQ

ActiveMQ

PostgreSQL

SQL Server

Job description

the company was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today the company is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars.

FULL STACK SOFTWARE ENGINEER (APPLICATION SOFTWARE)

The application software team is the central nervous system of the company – we create mission critical applications that are used throughout the company to accelerate launch vehicle production and flight as well as systems that allow Starlink to grow into a worldwide fast, reliable Internet service. We are looking for engineers who treat fellow teammates with fairness, respect, and support.

Our team is currently creating and evolving systems to enable rapid build and reuse of Starship as well as designing the next generation manufacturing software that will be used in high throughput factories for Starlink. Other applications range from platforms that support concurrent streams of data from many always‑on assets to manage the world’s largest satellite constellation to public facing systems where customers can join our Starlink network globally. We work closely with engineers throughout the company to create and update our systems with respect to crewed launches, Starship flights, changes to the Starlink network and much more.

Aerospace experience is not required to be successful here – rather we look for smart, motivated, respectful, collaborative engineers who love solving problems and want to make an impact on a super inspiring mission. You will have full ownership of challenging problems, working with a team of enthusiastic engineers with diverse perspectives to design and produce solutions that enable the company to move towards our goals at a rapid pace. The success of the missions at the company depends on the software that you and your team produce.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop highly reliable software solutions that are used across the company
• Create new applications that improve how the company 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

BASIC 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
• Experience in full stack development

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Programming experience in Python, C#.NET, Go, Scala, Java, or similar object-oriented language
• 1+ years of rigorous experience building single page web applications
• Experience with version control, continuous integration, and continuous delivery concepts
• Expertise in designing software systems
• Deep understanding of testing, continuous integration, build, deployment & monitoring
• Expertise in profiling and improving application performance
• Experience with build systems (Make, Bazel/Pants/Buck, Gradle) and package management tools (pip, npm)
• Experience with UNIX-like operating systems and tools like Terraform, Ansible, Puppet for managing them
• Experience working with in‑stream data processing using Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, or similar technologies
• Production experience with Docker and Kubernetes
• Front‑end experience in Angular, React, or similar JavaScript framework
• Database experience with PostgreSQL, SQL Server, or similar database technologies

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed
• This role requires you to be onsite. Remote and/or hybrid work will not be considered

ITAR REQUIREMENTS

To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.

the company is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with the company is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

Applicants wishing to view a copy of the company’s Afficanative Action Plan for veterans and individuals with disabilities, or applicants requiring reasonable accommodation to the application/interview process should reach out to [e-mail].