Software Engineer, Applied AI

SpaceX

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Work type: On-site
Location: Redmond, WA
Salary: $125,000–$150,000 / yr
Posted: 100 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.

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TL;DR · Software Engineer, Applied AI

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The Software Engineer, Applied AI (Starlink) joins the UXSW team to develop digital interfaces for the global Starlink satellite broadband system. This role involves building responsive web applications, mobile app interfaces, and an LLM-powered chatbot to help customers manage services and monitor outages. You will develop well-architected, fault-tolerant software systems and perform full-stack application development within a .NET micro-service architecture running in Kubernetes. Key technologies include TypeScript, React, Python, C#, Go, Scala, Java, Docker, and PostgreSQL. You will be responsible for continuous monitoring, alerting, and performance profiling to ensure high availability. The work focuses on solving technical problems related to user experience, providing reliable internet connectivity, and creating efficient tools for support associates to resolve customer issues across the global satellite constellation.

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Skills

TypeScript React C# .NET Python Go Kubernetes Docker PostgreSQL SQL Server Scala Java Angular CI/CD Make Bazel Pants Buck Gradle pip npm UNIX

What you'll do

Develop well-architected, responsive, and performant web applications.
Build highly reliable and available software systems for Starlink.
Design and implement fault-tolerant networks that operate at scale with minimal maintenance.
Deliver expert-level TypeScript React code for modern browsers.
Perform full-stack application development using a .NET micro-service architecture in Kubernetes.
Implement continuous monitoring and alerting to improve system observability and data-driven decisions.
Analyze user problems to create and deploy efficient technical solutions.

What we're looking for

Must have a Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a STEM discipline and 1+ years of full-stack software experience.
Must have 3+ years of professional full-stack software experience in lieu of a degree.
Must be a U.S. citizen, national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, asylee, or eligible for Department of State authorization.
Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed.
Programming experience in Python, C#, .NET, Go, Scala, Java, or similar object-oriented languages (preferred).
Production experience with Docker and Kubernetes (preferred).
Front-end experience in Angular, React, or similar JavaScript frameworks (preferred).
Database experience with PostgreSQL, SQL Server, or similar technologies (preferred).

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