Senior Software Development Engineer
About The Position
Blue Origin’s Enterprise Technology organization develops the digital infrastructure needed to support the company’s mission. Within Enterprise Technology, the Applications team administers Jira, Confluence, and other enterprise applications used across Blue Origin. The Senior Software Development Engineer will build automation and self-service tools to replace manual, ticket-driven operational work such as provisioning, configuration changes, access requests, and routine maintenance. The role focuses on designing and delivering software that enables users to help themselves, scaling the team’s services and reducing time spent waiting on manual fulfillment. AI-assisted development is a core tool for accelerating development, testing, and delivery. The engineer owns the full lifecycle of their software, from design through production operation; builds integrations across enterprise applications; and works with infrastructure engineers and internal customers to ensure solutions are reliable, secure, well-architected, and useful. The role also leads technical designs, mentors teammates, reviews work, and establishes reusable patterns for future automation.
Requirements
- 7 or more years of professional software development experience.
- Strong proficiency in Python, Go, Groovy, or comparable programming languages.
- Demonstrated delivery of automation or self-service tooling that measurably reduced manual operational work.
- Experience designing and building integrations or internal tooling.
- Experience with REST APIs and system-to-system integration patterns.
- Experience building Jira automations and workflows using ScriptRunner, native automation, or Atlassian REST APIs.
- Solid understanding of AWS or comparable cloud platforms.
- Demonstrated ability to lead technical design efforts and mentor other engineers.
- Strong problem-solving skills, including working through ambiguous requirements and delivering practical solutions.
- Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to company culture.
- 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.
- Passion for Blue Origin’s mission and vision.
Nice To Haves
- Experience building self-service platforms or portals for internal users.
- Experience using AI-assisted development tools such as Claude or Codex in day-to-day workflows.
- Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.
- Experience with containerized workloads such as Docker or Kubernetes.
- A track record of measurably reducing operational toil through automation.
- Experience with authentication and authorization workflows between systems, including OIDC, SAML, or OAuth.
- Familiarity with relational databases such as PostgreSQL or MySQL.
- Familiarity with federal compliance frameworks such as CMMC or NIST, and building automation that supports compliance requirements.
Responsibilities
- Identify, design, and build automation and self-service tools that eliminate manual ticket-driven work across the application portfolio.
- Own the full lifecycle of software, from design through production operation.
- Balance technical debt against feature delivery across multiple systems.
- Design and build integrations between Jira, Confluence, and adjacent enterprise systems.
- Partner with infrastructure engineers to ensure automation is reliable, secure, and well-architected.
- Lead technical design efforts, mentor teammates, and review others’ work for quality and correctness.
- Collaborate with internal customers to understand pain points, gather requirements, and validate self-service solutions.
- Establish patterns and frameworks that help the team build future automation consistently.
Benefits
- Medical insurance.
- Dental insurance.
- Vision insurance.
- Basic and supplemental life insurance.
- Paid parental leave.
- Short- and long-term disability.
- 401(k) with company match of up to 5%.
- Education Support Program.
- Stock options for regular employees working at least 20 hours per week.
- Paid time off of up to four weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours.
- Up to 14 company-paid holidays.
- Depending on role type and job level, employees may be eligible for benefits and bonuses based on individual contributions or other factors.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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