Software Engineer — Build Mission-Critical Space Software

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP; Town of Florida (NY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Software Engineer to develop mission-critical applications used across SpaceX and Starlink. You will own software engineering, build prototypes, and collaborate across architecture, design, and code reviews in a fast-paced, impact-driven team.

The role emphasizes solving challenging problems for aerospace-enabled capabilities, with responsibilities spanning from systems for Starship to public facing platforms for Starlink.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, math, or scientific discipline; OR 2+ years of professional experience building software in lieu of a degree
• Experience in full stack development
• Programming experience in Python, C#.NET, Go, Scala, Java, or similar object-oriented language
• 1+ years of rigorous experience building single page web applications
• Experience with version control, continuous integration, and continuous delivery concepts
• Deep understanding of testing, continuous integration, build, deployment & monitoring
• Expertise in profiling and improving application performance
• Experience with build systems (Make, Bazel/Pants/Buck, Gradle) and package management tools (pip, npm)
• Experience with UNIX-like operating systems and tools like Terraform, Ansible, Puppet for managing them
• Experience working with in-stream data processingusing Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, or similar technologies
• Production experience with Docker and Kubernetes
• Database experience with PostgreSQL, SQL Server, or similar database technologies

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 apps

CI/CD

Testing

Profiling

Build systems

UNIX/Linux

Terraform

Ansible

Puppet

Kafka/RabbitMQ/ActiveMQ

Docker

Kubernetes

PostgreSQL/SQL Server

Education

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

2+ years of professional experience building software in lieu of a degree

Tools

Git

Make

Bazel/Pants/Buck

Gradle

pip

npm

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Software Engineer to develop mission-critical applications used across SpaceX and Starlink. You will own software engineering, build prototypes, and collaborate across architecture, design, and code reviews in a fast-paced, impact-driven team.

The role emphasizes solving challenging problems for aerospace-enabled capabilities, with responsibilities spanning from systems for Starship to public facing platforms for Starlink.