Senior Full-Stack Engineer - Build Mission-Critical Apps

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP; Bastrop (TX); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX in Bastrop, TX is seeking a Sr. Full Stack Engineer (Application Software) to own development of mission-critical applications used across SpaceX for launch vehicle production and Starlink operations.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, build, test, and deploy scalable software, contribute to architecture decisions, and optimize performance in high-throughput environments, with ownership of end-to-end product development.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, math, or scientific discipline and 5+ years of professional experience in software development; OR 7+ years of professional experience building software in lieu of a degree
• 3+ years of professional 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

Full stack development

Programming languages

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/engineering/math/science

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

Puppet

Make

Bazel

Pants

Buck

Gradle

pip

npm

Job description

SpaceX in Bastrop, TX is seeking a Sr. Full Stack Engineer (Application Software) to own development of mission-critical applications used across SpaceX for launch vehicle production and Starlink operations.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, build, test, and deploy scalable software, contribute to architecture decisions, and optimize performance in high-throughput environments, with ownership of end-to-end product development.