Software Engineer, Site Reliability Engineering (Application Software)

SpaceX

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Work type: On-site
Location: Hawthorne, CA
Salary: $125,000–$145,000 / yr
Posted: today

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Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $178k

This role $135k

$114k most similar roles pay here $230k

This role pays less than 78% of similar roles. Most pay $142,285–$214,500 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $135k versus about $178k for comparable roles.

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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 604 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $130,000–$155,000 across 440 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Software Engineer, Site Reliability Engineering (Application Software)

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Join the application software team at SpaceX as a Software Engineer in Site Reliability Engineering, where you will play a crucial role in building and maintaining mission-critical platforms that accelerate vehicle software delivery for Falcon 9, Starship, and Dragon missions. Your daily tasks include deploying, upgrading, and scaling infrastructure using tools like Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform, while also collaborating with software engineers to design highly operable systems. You will use Python, JavaScript, C#, and other technologies to ensure robust observability and incident response practices. This role demands expertise in Linux, build systems, databases, and full-stack development, as well as a strong SRE mindset focused on safety, quality, and strategic thinking.

Skills

Python Docker Kubernetes Terraform PostgreSQL Bazel Ansible Puppet Linux CI/CD Prometheus Grafana JavaScript C# C++

What you'll do

Deploy, upgrade, and maintain mission-critical products and services.
Manage infrastructure as code and use observability tools for application health monitoring.
Design and build highly operable, maintainable, and testable systems with software engineers.
Identify and eliminate performance bottlenecks using measurement and creative engineering techniques.
Provide high-quality end-user support to vehicle software engineers.

What we're looking for

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or 3+ years of professional experience in SRE or DevOps.
1+ year of experience with Python and related development frameworks.
Experience with Linux operating systems, build systems (Bazel, Buck), and container/virtualization technologies.
Knowledge of databases and data modeling tools like Postgres, MySQL, ClickHouse.
Experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Puppet.