Sr. Full Stack Software Engineer, Manufacturing Systems

SpaceX • Bastrop, TX

17h • Onsite

About The Position

The application software team develops mission-critical applications used throughout SpaceX to accelerate launch vehicle production and flight, along with systems supporting Starlink’s global internet service. This role focuses on creating and evolving systems for Starship production and reuse, and developing next-generation manufacturing software for high-throughput Starlink factories. The team also builds applications that support concurrent data streams from always-on assets and public-facing systems for Starlink customers.

The engineer will collaborate with teams across SpaceX, take ownership of challenging software and product-development problems, and design solutions that help advance the company’s mission. Aerospace experience is not required. The role is onsite; remote and hybrid work are not considered.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, or a scientific discipline and at least 5 years of professional software-development experience; or at least 7 years of professional experience building software in lieu of a degree.
• At least 3 years of professional experience in full-stack development.
• U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee, or eligible to obtain the required U.S. Department of State authorizations, to meet ITAR requirements.
• 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 prove key design concepts and quantify technical constraints.
• Own all aspects of software engineering and product development.
• Investigate users’ problems and create efficient solutions.
• Contribute to team collaborations on architecture, design, and code reviews.

What This Job Offers

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