Application Software Engineer

SpaceX

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Location
Palo Alto, CA
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$135,000–$160,000 / yr
Posted
123 days ago
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About SpaceX

SpaceX designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft with the mission of enabling humans to become a multi-planetary species. It operates the Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, and Starship launch vehicles, as well as the Starlink satellite internet constellation.

SpaceX currently has 851 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $130,000–$165,000 across 590 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Application Software Engineer

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The Application Software Engineer joins the application software team to develop mission-critical software that accelerates launch vehicle production and flight operations. This role involves building and evolving systems for Starship reuse, designing next-generation manufacturing software for high-throughput factories, and creating platforms to manage concurrent data streams from a global satellite constellation. You will own all aspects of software engineering and product development, including building prototypes to quantify technical constraints and performing code reviews. Required skills include full stack development experience and proficiency in object-oriented languages like Python, C#.NET, Go, Scala, or Java. Preferred technical expertise includes single page web applications, version control, continuous integration, Docker, Kubernetes, and databases like PostgreSQL. You will solve complex problems involving in-stream data processing and infrastructure management using tools like Terraform and Ansible.

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Python C#.NET Go Scala Java Full Stack Development Docker Kubernetes Terraform Ansible Puppet Apache Kafka RabbitMQ ActiveMQ Angular React PostgreSQL SQL Server Make Bazel Pants Buck Gradle pip npm UNIX Version Control

What you'll do

  • Develop highly reliable software solutions used across SpaceX operations.
  • Create new applications to improve internal SpaceX operational processes.
  • Build prototypes to prove key design concepts and quantify technical constraints.
  • Own all aspects of software engineering and product development.
  • Analyze user problems to design and create efficient software solutions.
  • Participate in team collaborations regarding architecture, design, and code reviews.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, math, or scientific discipline; OR 2+ years of professional software experience.
  • 1+ years of experience in full stack development.
  • Programming experience in Python, C#.NET, Go, Scala, Java, or similar object-oriented languages (preferred).
  • 1+ years of rigorous experience building single page web applications (preferred).
  • Experience with version control, continuous integration, continuous delivery, and software system design (preferred).
  • Experience with build systems, package management, UNIX-like operating systems, and infrastructure tools like Terraform or Ansible (preferred).
  • Experience with in-stream data processing, Docker, Kubernetes, and front-end frameworks like Angular or React (preferred).
  • Must be a U.S. citizen, national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, asylee, or eligible for required Department of State authorizations.

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