This role pays more than
87%
of similar roles. Most pay
$172,987–$220,800
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$242k
versus about
$197k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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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
680 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$130,000–$165,000
across 442 roles with salary data.
As a Principal Software Engineer (Platform Team), you will define the technical vision and architecture for the company’s AI platform and security infrastructure. You will lead high-impact initiatives, including onboarding frontier models, scaling massive compute capacity, and optimizing proxy systems for logging, control, and security. Your daily work involves building secure gateways using Docker containers to integrate with various cloud providers and multiple model providers while developing risk-mitigation tools like intelligent code reviews and automated PR assistants. You will leverage Python, Kubernetes, and infrastructure-as-code to build reliable MLOps platforms and internal developer tools. The role focuses on solving the challenge of making trustworthy AI a core capability across the organization by converting engineering knowledge into production software and automated systems while ensuring secure, scalable access to advanced data analysis and model lifecycle management.
What does a Software Engineer earn in California?
Median $214000 from 775 postings across 63 companies.