Senior Full Stack Engineer, Developer Systems

SpaceX

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Work type: On-site
Location: Hawthorne, CA
Salary: $165,000–$230,000 / yr
Posted: 56 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 · Senior Full Stack Engineer, Developer Systems

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The Sr. Full Stack Engineer, Developer Systems joins the application software team to build mission-critical applications that accelerate launch vehicle production and flight. You will own all aspects of software engineering and product development, creating new applications to improve operations, building prototypes to prove design concepts, and deep-diving into user problems to find efficient solutions. You will work on systems for Starship reuse, manufacturing software for high-throughput factories, and platforms managing concurrent data streams for satellite constellations. Required skills include full stack development, version control, continuous integration, and continuous delivery. Preferred technologies include Python, C#.NET, Go, Scala, Java, Angular, React, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Docker, and Kubernetes. You will also utilize tools like Terraform, Ansible, and message brokers like Apache Kafka or RabbitMQ.

Skills

Python C#.NET Go Scala Java Angular React PostgreSQL SQL Server Apache Kafka RabbitMQ ActiveMQ Docker Kubernetes Terraform Ansible Puppet Make Bazel Pants Buck 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 technical solutions.
Participate in team collaborations regarding 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 experience building software 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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