Senior Software Development Engineer
About The Position
At Blue Origin, we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. We’re working to develop reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion. Join our team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight! This role is part of Enterprise Technology (ET), where we’re developing the digital infrastructure needed to build the road to space, with an emphasis on digital capabilities required to advance Blue Origin’s mission. Enterprise Technology is the center of excellence for digital technology at Blue Origin, providing oversight and governance to align technology and business strategies. The Developer Platforms team builds and operates the tools and infrastructure that Blue Origin's engineers depend on to design, test, and deliver software every day. From source control to CI/CD to artifact management, we own the systems that make the rest of the company productive. We do this by building platforms that are secure by default (meeting our federal compliance obligations), AI-augmented (accelerating how engineers work), and continuously improving. When we improve the developer experience, every team ships faster, and that acceleration directly supports our mission of building a road to space. We are seeking team members of all backgrounds who are passionate about space and who have a strong desire to serve on a team that is the backbone of the company. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your dedicated commitment and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable spaceflight. As a Senior Software Development Engineer, you will own systems of significant technical depth, lead technical design, and ship software that thousands of engineers depend on daily, including next-generation AI-assisted development capabilities.
Requirements
- 5+ years of professional software development experience
- Deep experience designing, building, and operating distributed systems
- Strong proficiency in one or more of: Go, Python, JavaScript
- Experience with CI/CD systems, build pipelines, and developer tooling
- Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar)
- Solid understanding of AWS or comparable cloud platforms
- Experience with containerized workloads (Kubernetes, Docker)
- Demonstrated ability to lead technical design efforts and mentor other engineers
- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to debug complex system failures across commercial, open-source, and custom solutions
- Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion
- Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum
Nice To Haves
- Experience administering or developing against GitLab and/or Artifactory
- Familiarity with software supply chain security (SBOM, artifact signing, access controls)
- Experience with federal compliance frameworks (FedRAMP, NIST, CMMC)
- Experience leveraging AI-assisted development tools (Claude, Codex, etc.) in day-to-day workflows
- API design experience
- Knowledge of software-defined networking (VPCs, subnets, firewalls, VPNs)
- Experience with authentication and authorization workflows between systems (OIDC, SAML, OAuth)
- Track record of driving cross-team collaboration and representing your team's platform to the broader organization
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and ship platform capabilities that improve the developer experience across Blue Origin (CI/CD pipelines, integrations, self-service tooling, automation)
- Own the full lifecycle of the software you build, from design through production operation, with no day-to-day oversight
- Build and integrate AI-powered tools and workflows that accelerate engineering productivity
- Actively balance technical debt against feature delivery across multiple systems
- Partner with engineering teams across the company to identify pain points, gather requirements, and deliver platform solutions
- Evaluate and select tools, platforms, and technologies that best serve the team's mission; drive adoption from prototype through production
- Contribute to infrastructure and architecture decisions, with a strong awareness of distributed system interactions and trade-offs
- Implement security controls and compliance solutions to meet federal regulatory requirements
- Drive operational excellence across the team's platforms, including on-call rotation, incident response, root cause analysis, and recovery planning
- Lead technical design efforts, mentor teammates, and review the work of others for quality and correctness
- Scale systems sustainably through automation, and push for changes that improve reliability and developer velocity
Benefits
- Medical
- dental
- vision
- basic and supplemental life insurance
- paid parental leave
- short and long-term disability
- 401(k) with a company match of up to 5%
- Education Support Program
- Stock Options for all regular employees (working at least 20 hours/week)
- Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours
- up to 14 company-paid holidays
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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