Impactful Apps Engineer, Employee Experience

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Vision & Dental

401(k) plan

Stock options

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Paid parental leave

Paid vacation & holidays

Employee discounts

Job summary

SpaceX in Hawthorne, CA is seeking an Application Software Engineer for the Employee Experience team. You will own and build mission-critical applications used across SpaceX to accelerate production and deliver reliable systems supporting Starlink and future missions.

The role emphasizes developing reliable software, prototyping design concepts, and collaborating on architecture, with on-site work and potential for extended hours around launch cadence.

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

Docker

Kubernetes

PostgreSQL/SQL Server

Git

Build Systems

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Build systems (Make, Bazel, Gradle)

Package managers (pip, npm)

Terraform/Ansible/Puppet

Git

Job description

SpaceX in Hawthorne, CA is seeking an Application Software Engineer for the Employee Experience team. You will own and build mission-critical applications used across SpaceX to accelerate production and deliver reliable systems supporting Starlink and future missions.

The role emphasizes developing reliable software, prototyping design concepts, and collaborating on architecture, with on-site work and potential for extended hours around launch cadence.