Onsite Software Security Engineer — Protect Critical Systems

Starlink; Texas; On-site; USD 130,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Medical, vision, dental

401(k)

Disability & life insurance

Paid vacation & holidays

Parental leave

Job summary

SpaceX is hiring a Security Engineer (Software) to join Information Security and help protect our mission. This role writes and operates the software and infrastructure behind SpaceX security standards.

You will design, build, and maintain security technology, stand up authentication services, run backend infrastructure, and coordinate with multiple teams to reduce risk. Onsite work is required, with competitive compensation and full benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or STEM or 2+ years in security software development.
• Experience with Python, Go, C#, C/C++, or Rust.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain technology that protects SpaceX systems, networks, and data.
• Stand up authentication and identity services, multi-factor authentication, and network access control identity.
• Automate identity lifecycle for Information Security and partner organizations.
• Run backend infrastructure that network security services depend on.
• Operate web application firewalls and other application‑level security controls.
• Enforce cloud security policy, centralized configuration, and monitoring.
• Document what you run, keep it working, and advise other teams on it.
• Find threats and gaps with security and IT, then ship software and deployment changes that reduce risk.
• Deliver solutions that are scalable, repeatable, maintainable, and secure.

Skills

Python

Go

C#

C/C++

Rust

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or STEM

Job description

SpaceX is hiring a Security Engineer (Software) to join Information Security and help protect our mission. This role writes and operates the software and infrastructure behind SpaceX security standards.

You will design, build, and maintain security technology, stand up authentication services, run backend infrastructure, and coordinate with multiple teams to reduce risk. Onsite work is required, with competitive compensation and full benefits.