Mission-Critical Application Software Engineer

SpaceX; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking an Applications Software Engineer to develop mission-critical software used across SpaceX manufacturing and flight operations. You will own software projects end to end, building scalable systems and reusable platforms to accelerate Starship and Starlink initiatives.

The role emphasizes full-stack development, modern tooling, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to solve complex problems on a fast-paced mission-driven team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/engineering or related field, or 2+ years of software experience in lieu of a degree.
• Experience delivering full-stack applications.

Responsibilities

• Develop highly reliable software solutions used across SpaceX.
• Create new applications to improve SpaceX operations.
• Build prototypes to validate design concepts and constraints.
• Own all aspects of software engineering and product development.
• Analyze user problems to craft efficient solutions.
• Collaborate on architecture, design, and code reviews.

Skills

Full stack development

Software design

CI/CD concepts

Testing and monitoring

UNIX-like OS experience

Version control experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or related

2+ years of software experience

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Make / Bazel / Gradle

Terraform

Ansible / Puppet

npm / pip / package management

Linux tooling

Job description

SpaceX is seeking an Applications Software Engineer to develop mission-critical software used across SpaceX manufacturing and flight operations. You will own software projects end to end, building scalable systems and reusable platforms to accelerate Starship and Starlink initiatives.

The role emphasizes full-stack development, modern tooling, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to solve complex problems on a fast-paced mission-driven team.