Software Engineer, Platform Team

SpaceX

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Bastrop, TXHawthorne, CAPalo Alto, CARedmond, WABrownsville, TXSunnyvale, CA
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159 days ago
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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.

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TL;DR · Software Engineer, Platform Team

Software Engineer (Platform Team) The Software Engineer (Platform Team) joins a team responsible for building foundational tooling and security infrastructure to enable effective AI usage across the organization. You will design, build, and operate secure, scalable AI platforms, proxy systems, and gateways that allow engineers to perform data analysis and deploy solutions. Day-to-day responsibilities include owning the full development lifecycle, onboarding new frontier models, expanding compute capacity, and creating risk-mitigation tools like intelligent code review assistants. You will utilize Docker containers, Python, Go, Java, and TypeScript to integrate with cloud compute and frontier model providers. The role requires expertise in Kubernetes, MLOps, and infrastructure-as-code to solve the technical challenge of converting engineering know-how into reliable, automated software and secure data stores at scale.

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What you'll do

  • Design, build, and operate secure, scalable AI platforms and proxy systems for company-wide use.
  • Own the full software development lifecycle including design, testing, deployment, and continuous improvement.
  • Onboard new AI models and expand compute resources while optimizing proxy efficiency for logging and security.
  • Develop risk-mitigation tools such as AI-powered code reviews and PR automation.
  • Create shared prompts, skills, and infrastructure to accelerate peer engineering workflows.
  • Build platforms that convert engineering expertise into automated software and reliable data stores at scale.
  • Identify high-value opportunities to turn user problems into tested software and deployed applications.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, or another engineering discipline.
  • 2+ years of professional experience building production software in lieu of a degree.
  • Experience developing production software systems such as platform, backend, or full stack systems.
  • Experience building internal developer platforms, AI gateways, or secure proxy systems in production (preferred).
  • Hands-on work with Docker containers, security-focused architecture, and multi-provider integrations (preferred).
  • Familiarity with MLOps, model onboarding, compute orchestration, and infrastructure for large-scale AI usage (preferred).
  • Proficiency in Python and experience with additional languages like Go, Java, or TypeScript (preferred).
  • Knowledge of Kubernetes, container orchestration, observability, and infrastructure-as-code tools (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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