Senior Software Engineer

BLUE ORIGIN•Huntsville, AL

1d•Onsite

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 the Blue Origin Engines business unit, where our focus is the design, development, manufacturing, and testing of engines and propulsion systems. Built for multiple uses, our family of engines is powering the next generation of rockets for commercial, civil, national security, and human spaceflight.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience
10+ years of professional software engineering experience including:
Building production web applications with React & TypeScript
Creating REST APIs with Node.js
Designing normalized database schemas and writing SQL queries
Deploying applications to cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred)
Implementing appropriate data structures & algorithms
Leading projects and mentoring engineers
Building data transformation pipelines

Nice To Haves

Front-End: Experience with Next.js, D3, server-side rendering, and responsive design
Data Engineering: Batch processing (Spark)
Streaming event-driven services (Kafka, Flink)
Data lake technologies (Delta Lake or Iceberg)
NoSQL databases
Data Modeling (Data Vault, Medallion)
Infrastructure & DevOps: Kubernetes deployments (EKS)
AWS services (RDS, EKS, S3, CloudWatch, ECS, MSK, Glue)
CI/CD pipeline development
Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
Backend: Java and Spring Boot development
Domain Knowledge: Manufacturing, operations, logistics, or aerospace engineering domains

Responsibilities

Full-Stack Development (Primary Focus): Develop full-stack web applications to support design engineering, manufacturing, and production
Create modern front-end applications using TypeScript, React, Next.js, and CSS frameworks (Tailwind, Material UI)
Build and maintain RESTful and GraphQL APIs using Node.js
Design and implement efficient, scalable application architectures
Data Pipeline Development (Secondary Focus): Ingest data from source systems using REST, GraphQL, SQL, and streaming platforms
Build batch and streaming data transformation pipelines
Design and implement database schemas (relational and NoSQL)
Store and serve data through APIs, OLTP databases, and data lakes
Technical Leadership: Own multiple systems and projects of significant technical depth, driving design, delivery, and planning of improvements
Define technical roadmaps for owned systems
Proactively identify cross-system improvements and lead their implementation
Mentor junior and mid-level engineers through code reviews and pair programming
Identify opportunities for improved algorithms, data structures, and system design
Interface with internal customers to assess requirements and deliver solutions
Operations: Maintain CI/CD pipelines and deployments (GitLab, Kubernetes/EKS)
Participate in on-call rotation to support production applications
Create and maintain project plans using Jira
Attend daily standups and contribute to team planning

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%, and an Education Support Program.
Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.
Dependent on role type and job level, employees may be eligible for benefits and bonuses based on the company's intent to reward individual contributions and enable them to share in the company's results, or other factors at the company's sole discretion.
Bonus amounts and eligibility are not guaranteed and subject to change and cancellation.

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