Senior Full Stack Engineer - Mission-Critical Apps

InvestedintheMission; Bastrop (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX seeks a Sr. Full Stack Engineer for Internal Applications in Bastrop, TX to own end‑to‑end software across mission‑critical systems. You will build scalable SPAs, backend services, and data pipelines supporting starship manufacturing and Starlink platforms.

The role demands strong architecture, testing, and deployment expertise, with production experience in Docker and Kubernetes, plus familiar Linux tooling and CI/CD practices. Expect collaboration across teams on complex problems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/engineering or related field; 5+ years of software development experience, or 7+ years 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

Python

C#.NET

Go

Java

Angular

React

PostgreSQL

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

Git

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Make/Bazel/Pants

Gradle

CI/CD tooling

Unix/Linux

RabbitMQ

Kafka

ActiveMQ

Job description

SpaceX seeks a Sr. Full Stack Engineer for Internal Applications in Bastrop, TX to own end‑to‑end software across mission‑critical systems. You will build scalable SPAs, backend services, and data pipelines supporting starship manufacturing and Starlink platforms.

The role demands strong architecture, testing, and deployment expertise, with production experience in Docker and Kubernetes, plus familiar Linux tooling and CI/CD practices. Expect collaboration across teams on complex problems.