Software Engineer (Application Software)

SpaceX

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Work type: On-site
Location: Hawthorne, CA
Salary: $125,000–$160,000 / yr
Posted: 69 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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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 · Software Engineer (Application Software)

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Software Engineer (Application Software) The application software team develops mission-critical applications to accelerate launch vehicle production, flight operations, and Starlink growth. You will own all aspects of software engineering and product development, creating new applications, building prototypes to prove design concepts, and solving user problems. You will collaborate on architecture, design, and code reviews to support Starship reuse, high-throughput manufacturing software, and platforms managing concurrent data streams from satellite constellations. Required skills include full stack development experience and a degree in a scientific discipline or two years of professional experience. Preferred technologies include Python, C#.NET, Go, Scala, Java, Angular, React, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server. You should also possess experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Apache Kafka, Terraform, Ansible, and build systems like Make or Bazel.

What does a Software Engineer earn in California?

Median $214500 from 1193 postings across 76 companies.

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What you'll do

Develop highly reliable software solutions used across the entire SpaceX organization.
Create new applications to improve internal operations and manufacturing processes.
Build prototypes to prove key design concepts and quantify technical constraints.
Own all aspects of software engineering and product development from start to finish.
Analyze user problems deeply to create and implement efficient technical solutions.
Participate in team collaborations regarding software 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).
Expertise in testing, build, deployment, monitoring, and profiling application performance (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, JavaScript frameworks, and database technologies (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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