Senior Full-Stack Engineer — Mission-Critical Systems

InvestedintheMission; Hawthorne (CA); On-site; USD 165,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

401(k) matching

Medical, vision, dental

Paid parental leave

3 weeks vacation

10+ holidays per year

Job summary

SpaceX in Hawthorne, CA is seeking a Sr. Full Stack Engineer, Developer Systems to own end‑to‑end software for manufacturing and Starlink platforms, tackling mission‑critical systems used across production and operations.

You will work with a diverse team, design scalable architectures, optimize performance, and contribute to prototypes, deployments, and monitoring in a fast paced, high‑impact environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a relevant field.
• 5+ years in software development with full stack focus.
• Experience with Python, C#.NET, Go, Java, or Scala.

Responsibilities

• Develop reliable software used across SpaceX.
• Create new applications to improve operations.
• Prototype designs to validate concepts and constraints.
• Own all aspects of software engineering and product development.
• Analyze users' problems to build efficient solutions.
• Participate in architecture, design, and code reviews.

Skills

Python

C#.NET

Go

Scala

Java

Object‑oriented design

SPA development

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

Unix/Linux

Terraform

Ansible

Kafka/RabbitMQ

React/Angular

PostgreSQL/SQL Server

Education

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

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

CI/CD tooling

Make/Bazel/Gradle

Pip/npm

Job description

SpaceX in Hawthorne, CA is seeking a Sr. Full Stack Engineer, Developer Systems to own end‑to‑end software for manufacturing and Starlink platforms, tackling mission‑critical systems used across production and operations.

You will work with a diverse team, design scalable architectures, optimize performance, and contribute to prototypes, deployments, and monitoring in a fast paced, high‑impact environment.