Full Stack Software Engineer, Launch Software
About The Position
SpaceX’s application software team develops mission-critical applications used across the company to accelerate launch vehicle production and flight, as well as systems that support Starlink. The team is building and evolving software for the rapid build and reuse of Starship, next-generation manufacturing software for high-throughput Starlink factories, platforms for managing data from always-on assets, and public-facing systems that help customers join the Starlink network. The engineer will own challenging software problems and work with engineers throughout SpaceX to design, build, and update systems supporting crewed launches, Starship flights, and changes to the Starlink network. The role involves full ownership across software engineering and product development, collaboration on architecture and design, and building reliable solutions that help SpaceX advance its mission. Aerospace experience is not required.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, math, or a scientific discipline, or at least 2 years of professional experience building software in lieu of a degree.
- Experience in full stack development.
- Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed.
- Must meet U.S. Government export-control eligibility requirements: be a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee, or be eligible to obtain required authorizations.
- Must work onsite; remote and hybrid work are not considered.
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.
- 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 test key design concepts and quantify technical constraints.
- Own all aspects of software engineering and product development.
- Investigate users’ problems and create efficient solutions.
- Participate in team collaboration on architecture, design, and code reviews.
