Senior Software Engineer, Developer Experience

SpaceX

Remote

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Work type
Remote
Location
Ontario, CanadaAlberta, CanadaBritish Columbia, CanadaNova Scotia, Canada
Salary
$168,000–$177,500 / yr
Posted
16 days ago

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How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $181k
This role $173k
$130k most similar roles pay here $227k

This role pays less than 51% of similar roles. Most pay $144,350–$217,725 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $173k versus about $181k 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 634 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $130,000–$160,000 across 469 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer, Developer Experience

Join Instacart’s 6-person Developer Experience team within a ~50-person platform organization as a senior software engineer, where you will design and build core developer platforms and tooling to enhance engineering velocity and reliability. Your daily tasks include reducing build and test times, eliminating flaky steps, and hardening workflows while owning critical roadmap areas end-to-end. You will partner with product engineering, infrastructure, and security teams to deliver robust solutions, establish secure-by-default development practices, and lead cross-functional initiatives that span multiple teams. The role requires proficiency in Go, Python, or TypeScript, hands-on experience with modern CI/CD systems like GitHub Actions and Jenkins, and expertise in containerization and orchestration on major cloud providers. Ideal candidates have a track record of improving engineering KPIs and strong collaboration skills across infra, security, and product teams.

What you'll do

  • Design and build core developer platforms and tooling to enhance engineering efficiency.
  • Drive improvements in CI/CD pipelines to reduce build times and eliminate flaky tests.
  • Define and operationalize success metrics for critical roadmap areas within the team.
  • Establish secure-by-default development practices in collaboration with security teams.
  • Lead cross-functional initiatives, guiding architectural decisions and maintaining quality standards.
  • Mentor engineers and promote best practices to foster a culture of continuous improvement.

What we're looking for

  • 5+ years of professional software engineering experience building and operating production systems.
  • 3+ years of experience developing developer tooling, build systems, CI/CD pipelines, or internal platforms.
  • Proficiency in Go, Python, or TypeScript with strong software design and code review skills.
  • Hands-on experience with modern CI/CD systems and build tooling like GitHub Actions, CircleCI, Jenkins.
  • Demonstrated ability to improve engineering KPIs such as build/test cycle time and deployment frequency.
  • Strong collaboration and communication skills with a history of partnering across infrastructure, security, and product engineering.

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