Software Engineer – Build Mission-Critical Space Tech

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX seeks a Software Engineer to join the application software team powering mission critical systems for SpaceX production, flight, and Starlink scale. You will own end-to-end software engineering for frontend and backend components, delivering reliable, scalable applications used across Starship, Starlink, and manufacturing workflows.

You will collaborate with engineers across the company, apply best-practice testing, profiling, and deployment methods, and contribute to high‑impact projects

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

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

Java

REST

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

Unix/Linux

Kafka/Messaging

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in CS/Engineering/Math

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Puppet

Make

Bazel/Pants/Buck

Gradle

Job description

SpaceX seeks a Software Engineer to join the application software team powering mission critical systems for SpaceX production, flight, and Starlink scale. You will own end-to-end software engineering for frontend and backend components, delivering reliable, scalable applications used across Starship, Starlink, and manufacturing workflows.

You will collaborate with engineers across the company, apply best-practice testing, profiling, and deployment methods, and contribute to high‑impact projects