Software Engineer, Internal Apps — Build Mission-Critical Tools

SpaceX; Hawthorne (CA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Health insurance

Paid time off

Holiday pay

Job summary

SpaceX in Hawthorne, CA is seeking a Software Engineer for Internal Applications. You will own end-to-end software development, from design through deployment, improving production systems that power manufacturing and Starlink operations.

Join a mission-driven team delivering resilient, scalable applications used across SpaceX. You will collaborate with engineers to optimize performance, implement robust test and deployment practices, and contribute to a culture of fairness and respect.

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
• 1+ years of 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

Scala

Java

Single-page apps

CI/CD

Testing/CI/Deploy/Monitor

Profiling/Performance

Build systems

Make/Bazel/Pants/Buck/Gradle

Pip/npm

Terraform/Ansible/Puppet

Kafka/RabbitMQ/ActiveMQ

Docker

Kubernetes

PostgreSQL/SQL Server

Education

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

2+ years of software development experience in lieu of a degree

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

Puppet

Job description

SpaceX in Hawthorne, CA is seeking a Software Engineer for Internal Applications. You will own end-to-end software development, from design through deployment, improving production systems that power manufacturing and Starlink operations.

Join a mission-driven team delivering resilient, scalable applications used across SpaceX. You will collaborate with engineers to optimize performance, implement robust test and deployment practices, and contribute to a culture of fairness and respect.