Mission-Critical Internal Systems Software Engineer

InvestedintheMission; Town of Texas (WI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking an Applications Software Engineer for Internal Systems to own and deliver mission-critical software across production and manufacturing domains. You'll build scalable systems for Starship, Starlink, and launch operations with strong ownership of design, testing, and deployment.

The role emphasizes collaboration, innovation, and impact, requiring comfort with complex data flows, distributed systems, and on-site collaboration in a fast-paced aerospace environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or 2+ years of software development experience in lieu of a degree.
• Experience in full-stack development and building scalable applications.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Python

C#.NET

Go

Scala

Java

Single-page apps

Version control

CI/CD

Software design

Testing/monitoring

Performance profiling

Build systems

Package management

Unix-like OS

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

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

Puppet

Make

Bazel/Pants/Buck

Gradle

Pip

NPM

Unix tools

Kafka

RabbitMQ/ActiveMQ

Job description

SpaceX is seeking an Applications Software Engineer for Internal Systems to own and deliver mission-critical software across production and manufacturing domains. You'll build scalable systems for Starship, Starlink, and launch operations with strong ownership of design, testing, and deployment.

The role emphasizes collaboration, innovation, and impact, requiring comfort with complex data flows, distributed systems, and on-site collaboration in a fast-paced aerospace environment.