Sr. Software Engineer

BLUE ORIGIN • Seattle, WA

23d

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. As part of a hardworking team of specialists, technicians, and engineers (use as appropriate), you will Design develop complex software systems and infrastructure, primarily in Java or Python. Build and maintain web user interfaces leveraging frameworks such as Angular or React. Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams to understand requirements and craft solutions that accelerate all phases of vehicle development, testing, and operation—including launch day activities. Integrate and extend commercial products through technologies such as RESTful web services, and message queues. Troubleshoot and resolve software issues across installation, deployment, configurations

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 5+ years of professional (non-internship) software development experience, writing production code in at least one of: Java, C#, or Python.
• Experience leading design and architecture for new and existing systems.
• Experience with cloud-based architectures, deploying applications and managing containerized workloads (preferably AWS).
• Strong understanding of computer science fundamentals (algorithms, data structures).
• Proven ability to deliver efficient, working code with incomplete or ambiguous requirements.
• Excellent communication skills, with openness to a willingness to learn from mistake

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.
• 7+ years’ experience across the full software development lifecycle: code quality standards, code review, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.
• Experience designing and operating scalable data platforms utilizing both relational and non-relational data stores.

Responsibilities

• Design develop complex software systems and infrastructure, primarily in Java or Python.
• Build and maintain web user interfaces leveraging frameworks such as Angular or React.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams to understand requirements and craft solutions that accelerate all phases of vehicle development, testing, and operation—including launch day activities.
• Integrate and extend commercial products through technologies such as RESTful web services, and message queues.
• Troubleshoot and resolve software issues across installation, deployment, configurations

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.

What This Job Offers

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