Mission-Critical Full Stack Engineer - Launch Software

Frontdoor Defense; Florida; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX in Cape Canaveral, Florida is seeking a Full Stack Software Engineer for Launch Software to join our mission-critical application team. You will own full stack development across new and existing systems that accelerate launch vehicle production and Starlink operations.

The ideal candidate has experience in modern web and backend technologies, strong collaboration skills, and a passion for solving hard problems in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or 2+ years of professional software experience in lieu of a degree.
• Experience in full stack development.
• Proficiency with modern web and backend technologies.
• Experience with version control, CI/CD concepts, and software design.

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.
• Deep dive into users' problems to find efficient solutions.
• Contribute in architecture, design, and code reviews.

Skills

Full stack development

Python

C#.NET

Go

Scala

Java

Single page web apps

Version control

CI/CD

Software design

Testing/CI/Build/Monitoring

Docker

Kubernetes

Angular/React

PostgreSQL/SQL Server

Unix-like systems

Terraform/Ansible/Puppet

Education

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

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

Puppet

Bazel/Pants/Buck

Gradle

pip

npm

Job description

SpaceX in Cape Canaveral, Florida is seeking a Full Stack Software Engineer for Launch Software to join our mission-critical application team. You will own full stack development across new and existing systems that accelerate launch vehicle production and Starlink operations.

The ideal candidate has experience in modern web and backend technologies, strong collaboration skills, and a passion for solving hard problems in a fast-paced environment.