Software Engineer, Research Tools & Platforms — Palo Alto

Speedrun Talent Network; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Medical, vision, and dental coverage

401(k) retirement plan

Short & long-term disability insurance

Life insurance

Job summary

SpaceXSI in Palo Alto is seeking a Software Engineer, Research Tooling to build the infrastructure and applications that empower researchers to iterate quickly, run complex experiments, and derive insights. This full-stack role partners with researchers and engineers to understand workflows and ship solutions that boost productivity.

You will own complete product areas, create reusable platforms, and translate user needs into intuitive interfaces.

Qualifications

• BS in CS/Engineering/Math or related field, or 2+ years software experience in lieu of a degree.
• Experience building tools/platforms for technical users (engineers, researchers, data scientists, analysts, etc).
• Experience shipping full-stack products and owning systems from UI to storage/services using TypeScript/React with Node, Python, or Go.
• Experience building dense, data-facing tools and dashboards with strong data rendering opinions.
• Ability to move quickly under ambiguity and collaborate with researchers and domain experts.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain full-stack applications and infrastructure researchers rely on daily, including experiment setup, feedback collection, and results analysis.
• Own complete product areas from user needs through design, implementation, and iteration; set standards for research applications.
• Create reusable platforms and tools that speed up new research apps; prototype, ship, and iterate based on real-world usage.
• Partner with research teams to translate workflows into intuitive interfaces and abstractions for complex tasks.

Skills

TypeScript

React

Node.js

Python

Go

Research tooling

Data visualization

Education

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

Tools

Git

Job description

SpaceXSI in Palo Alto is seeking a Software Engineer, Research Tooling to build the infrastructure and applications that empower researchers to iterate quickly, run complex experiments, and derive insights. This full-stack role partners with researchers and engineers to understand workflows and ship solutions that boost productivity.

You will own complete product areas, create reusable platforms, and translate user needs into intuitive interfaces.