Full Stack Software Engineer, Internal Platforms
About The Position
SpaceX’s application software team develops mission-critical applications used throughout the company to accelerate launch vehicle production and flight, and systems that support Starlink’s growth. The team builds and evolves software for Starship production and reuse, high-throughput Starlink manufacturing, large-scale data streams from always-on assets, and customer-facing services. Engineers work with teams across SpaceX to update applications in response to crewed launches, Starship flights, and changes to the Starlink network. The role offers ownership of challenging software problems, from understanding users’ needs and prototyping designs through implementation and product development. The engineer collaborates with teammates on architecture, design, and code reviews to produce reliable software that supports SpaceX’s mission. Aerospace experience is not required. This position is onsite; remote and hybrid work are not considered. The role requires willingness to work extended hours and weekends as needed. Applicants must meet applicable U.S. Government export-control eligibility requirements.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, math, or a scientific discipline, or at least 2 years of professional software development experience in lieu of a degree.
- Experience in full stack development.
- Willingness to work extended hours and weekends as needed.
- Must work onsite; remote and hybrid work are not considered.
- Must be a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee, or be eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
Nice To Haves
- Programming experience in Python, C#.NET, Go, Scala, Java, or a similar object-oriented language.
- At least 1 year of rigorous experience building single-page web applications.
- Experience with version control, continuous integration, and continuous delivery concepts.
- Expertise in designing software systems.
- Deep understanding of testing, continuous integration, build, deployment, and monitoring.
- Expertise in profiling and improving application performance.
- Experience with build systems such as Make, Bazel, Pants, Buck, or Gradle and package management tools such as pip or npm.
- Experience with UNIX-like operating systems and tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or Puppet for managing them.
- Experience with in-stream data processing using Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, or similar technologies.
- Production experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
- Front-end experience with Angular, React, or a similar JavaScript framework.
- Database experience with PostgreSQL, SQL Server, or similar technologies.
Responsibilities
- Develop highly reliable software solutions used across SpaceX.
- Create new applications that improve how SpaceX operates.
- Build prototypes to validate key design concepts and quantify technical constraints.
- Own all aspects of software engineering and product development.
- Investigate users’ problems in depth and develop efficient solutions.
- Contribute to team collaborations on architecture, design, and code reviews.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
