Sr. Full Stack Software Engineer

SpaceX • Bastrop, TX

16h • Onsite

About The Position

SpaceX’s application software team develops mission-critical applications used across the company to accelerate launch vehicle production and flight, along with systems that support Starlink’s growth as a worldwide internet service. The team is creating and evolving software for rapid Starship build and reuse, high-throughput Starlink manufacturing, satellite-constellation data management, and customer-facing services. Engineers work closely with teams throughout SpaceX on software supporting crewed launches, Starship flights, and changes to the Starlink network.

The role offers ownership of challenging software and product-development problems, working collaboratively with engineers to design and deliver solutions that support SpaceX’s mission. Aerospace experience is not required. This position must be performed onsite; remote or hybrid work will not be considered.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, or a scientific discipline and at least 5 years of professional software-development experience; alternatively, at least 7 years of professional software-building experience in lieu of a degree.
• At least 3 years of professional full-stack development experience.

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 applications that improve how SpaceX operates.
• Build prototypes to validate design concepts and quantify technical constraints.
• Own all aspects of software engineering and product development.
• Investigate users’ problems and develop efficient solutions.
• Contribute to team discussions and reviews on architecture, design, and code.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior