Senior Space Compute Architect & Orchestrator

Blue Origin LLC; Littleton (CO); On-site; USD 219,000 - 306,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Paid time off

Education support program

Parental leave

Healthcare benefits

Job summary

Blue Origin LLC seeks a Principal Software Engineer for Compute to architect and lead the software stack powering space-based data centers. You will define the spacecraft compute software and build the orchestration layer for distributed, containerized workloads across orbital nodes.

You will design advanced scheduling for power/thermal constraints, enable multi-tenancy via APIs, and partner with hardware teams to deliver a highly available, scalable platform under tight timelines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a similar technical discipline.
• 10+ years of software engineering experience with a focus on distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, or large-scale backend services.
• Deep expertise in building and operating distributed systems, with strong experience in cloud orchestration (Kubernetes, Mesos, Nomad) and containerization (Docker).
• Proven experience designing and developing large-scale, high-availability software services and APIs.
• Strong system-architecture capabilities, particularly in the context of cloud-native technologies.
• Experience providing technical leadership for complex software projects.
• Proven demonstration of reducing latency across a product.

Responsibilities

• Define, architecture, design, test, and validate spacecraft compute software.
• Architect and build the orchestration platform for containerized workloads across a distributed fleet.
• Design and implement advanced scheduling algorithms for power, thermal, and data locality.
• Develop the control plane, APIs, and related software enabling multi-tenancy and resource allocation.
• Own software-defined networking and storage strategies across spacecraft.
• Lead validation and testing campaigns within aggressive deployment timelines.
• Collaborate with hardware and application teams to co-design a performant platform.

Skills

Distributed systems

Cloud orchestration

Kubernetes

Docker

APIs

Technical leadership

OS-level resource management

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Mesos

Nomad

Job description

Blue Origin LLC seeks a Principal Software Engineer for Compute to architect and lead the software stack powering space-based data centers. You will define the spacecraft compute software and build the orchestration layer for distributed, containerized workloads across orbital nodes.

You will design advanced scheduling for power/thermal constraints, enable multi-tenancy via APIs, and partner with hardware teams to deliver a highly available, scalable platform under tight timelines.