Senior Platform Systems Engineer — Full-Stack

Spacex; Hawthorne (CA); Hybrid; USD 165,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Long-term incentives

Medical, vision, dental

401(k)

Paid vacation

Generous holidays

Job summary

SpaceX in Hawthorne, CA, is seeking a Sr. Full Stack Engineer for Platform Systems to own and build mission-critical software supporting manufacturing and Starlink operations.

You will design, develop, and optimize web applications and services used across SpaceX, collaborating with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced aerospace environment. We value engineers who are passionate, collaborative, and capable of delivering robust systems under tight schedules, with ownership of architecture,

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
• Experience with version control, CI/CD concepts, testing, deployment & monitoring

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

Scala

Java

Single Page Web Apps

CI/CD

Testing/CI/Deployment/Monitoring

Performance Profiling

Build Systems

UNIX-like OS

Kafka/RabbitMQ

Docker

Kubernetes

PostgreSQL/SQL Server

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Math or scientific discipline

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Puppet

Make/Bazel/Gradle

Job description

SpaceX in Hawthorne, CA, is seeking a Sr. Full Stack Engineer for Platform Systems to own and build mission-critical software supporting manufacturing and Starlink operations.

You will design, develop, and optimize web applications and services used across SpaceX, collaborating with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced aerospace environment. We value engineers who are passionate, collaborative, and capable of delivering robust systems under tight schedules, with ownership of architecture,