Software Engineer - Build Mission-Critical Space Systems

SpaceX; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Software Engineer to help build mission-critical applications that accelerate launch vehicle production, flight, and Starlink operations. You will own software solutions from design to deployment, collaborate with like-minded engineers, and contribute to systems enabling Starship and Starlink at scale.

The role emphasizes hands-on development, rapid iteration, and crafting robust software for high-throughput manufacturing environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or 2+ years of professional software development experience in lieu of a degree.
• Experience in full stack development.

Responsibilities

• Develop highly reliable software solutions used across SpaceX.
• Create new applications to improve SpaceX operations.
• Build prototypes to prove out design concepts and quantify constraints.
• Own all aspects of software engineering and product development.
• Deep dive into users’ problems to create efficient solutions.
• Contribute to architecture, design, and code reviews as part of a collaborative team.

Skills

Python

C#.NET

Go

Scala

Java

Single Page Apps

CI/CD

Software design

Testing/CI/Build/Monitoring

Performance profiling

Build systems

Unix/Linux

Terraform/Ansible/Puppet

Apache Kafka/RabbitMQ

Docker

Kubernetes

Angular/React

PostgreSQL/SQL Server

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Math or related field

Tools

Make

Bazel/Pants/Buck

Gradle

Pip/NPM

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Software Engineer to help build mission-critical applications that accelerate launch vehicle production, flight, and Starlink operations. You will own software solutions from design to deployment, collaborate with like-minded engineers, and contribute to systems enabling Starship and Starlink at scale.

The role emphasizes hands-on development, rapid iteration, and crafting robust software for high-throughput manufacturing environments.