Senior Software Engineer: Build Mission-Critical Space Systems

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

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Long-term incentives

Comprehensive medical, vision, and/or

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Sr. Software Engineer to join the application software team, building mission-critical apps used across SpaceX to accelerate launch vehicle production and Starlink growth.

You will own software projects, collaborate on architecture and design, and deliver scalable, high-performance systems in a fast-paced aerospace context. The role emphasizes full ownership, end-to-end development, and a passion for solving hard problems on a mission-driven team that values fairness,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, math, or scientific discipline with 5+ years of software development experience, or 7+ years of software development experience in lieu of a degree.
• 3+ years of professional experience in full stack development

Responsibilities

• Develop highly reliable software solutions used across SpaceX
• Create new applications to improve SpaceX operations
• Build prototypes to validate design concepts and constraints
• Own all aspects of software engineering and product development
• Deep dive into users' problems to craft efficient solutions
• Contribute to architecture, design, and code reviews with the team

Skills

Full stack development

Software architecture

Problem solving

Collaboration

Ownership

Distributed systems

Team leadership

Education

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

7+ years experience in lieu of a degree

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Terraform

Ansible

Puppet

Make

Bazel

Gradle

Pip

NPM

PostgreSQL

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Sr. Software Engineer to join the application software team, building mission-critical apps used across SpaceX to accelerate launch vehicle production and Starlink growth.

You will own software projects, collaborate on architecture and design, and deliver scalable, high-performance systems in a fast-paced aerospace context. The role emphasizes full ownership, end-to-end development, and a passion for solving hard problems on a mission-driven team that values fairness,