Senior Full Stack Engineer, Application Software

SpaceX

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Work type: On-site
Location: Starbase, TXCape Canaveral, FLBrownsville, TX
Posted: 93 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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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 · Senior Full Stack Engineer, Application Software

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The Sr. Full Stack Engineer (Application Software) joins the application software team to develop mission-critical software across the company. This role involves building and evolving systems to enable rapid build and reuse of Starship, designing next-generation manufacturing software for high-throughput Starlink factories, and creating platforms to manage concurrent data streams from satellite constellations. You will own all aspects of software engineering and product development, including building prototypes, performing code reviews, and solving user problems. Required skills include full stack development experience and proficiency in object-oriented languages like Python, C#.NET, Go, Scala, or Java. Preferred technical expertise includes single page web applications, Angular, React, PostgreSQL, Docker, Kubernetes, and Apache Kafka. You will work on systems supporting crewed launches and global internet service expansion.

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Skills

Python C#.NET Go Scala Java React Angular Kubernetes Docker Apache Kafka RabbitMQ ActiveMQ PostgreSQL SQL Server Terraform Ansible Puppet Make Bazel Gradle pip npm UNIX

What you'll do

Develop highly reliable software solutions used across SpaceX operations.
Create new applications to improve internal SpaceX operational processes.
Build prototypes to prove key design concepts and quantify technical constraints.
Own all aspects of software engineering and product development.
Analyze user problems to design and create efficient software solutions.
Participate in team collaborations on architecture, design, and code reviews.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, math, or scientific discipline and 5+ years of professional software development experience.
7+ years of professional software development experience in lieu of a degree.
3+ years of professional 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).
Experience with build systems, package management, UNIX-like operating systems, and infrastructure tools like Terraform or Ansible (preferred).
U.S. citizenship, national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, asylee, or eligibility to obtain required Department of State authorizations.

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