HLS Sr. Software Systems Engineer - Lunar Permanence

Overview

At Blue Origin, we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. We’re working to develop reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion. Join our team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight!

This role is part of the Lunar Permanence business unit, which develops Blue Origin’s Blue Moon landers and related products. To further Blue Origin's mission of millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth, we are building sustainable infrastructure for our transport of crew and cargo from Earth to the lunar surface.

• Work with developers and program managers to architect and develop full‑stack web applications.
• Train, guide, and mentor team members on full‑stack development best practices.
• Set direction and goals for the team regarding the platform architecture and influence the feature roadmap.
• Collect and analyze customer data to understand and troubleshoot application usage and performance.
• Deeply understand the safety‑critical software development process and find ways to create and apply tooling to make the process more effective and efficient.

• B.S. or higher degree in computer science, computer engineering, aerospace engineering, or related field or equivalent experience.
• 8 years professional experience minimum.
• Experience in developing and architecting full stack applications.
• Experience improving application stability through monitoring, analysis, thoughtful code reviews, and detailed feedback.
• Experience in database design (SQL, No
  
  SQL, Influx
  
  DB).
• Experience with modern frontend frameworks (React, Next, or similar).
• Experience constructing RESTful APIs (Python, NodeJS, or Go).
• Experience with Data Engineering pipelines.
• Experience with unit testing and test‑driven development.
• Experience with Linux, Docker, Continuous Integration and Delivery.
• Experience using configuration as code tools to manage cloud resource and physical workstations (e.g.: Ansible, Vagrant, Terraform, Kubernetes, etc.).
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team. Proven understanding of source control tools and concepts such as git workflows, versioning, branching.

• Experience with Three
  
  JS, Rust.
• Experience with application performance monitoring and observability technologies (Datadog, ELK stack, Prometheus, Grafana).
• Experience with Agile methodologies, Aerospace Industry experience with safety critical software and/or tool qualification activities.
• Experience with NPR 7150.2D.
• Experience with compiled languages, C/C++.

Co applicants: $ - $
Wa applicants: $ - $
Other site ranges may differ.

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Applicants for employment at Blue Origin must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e. current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

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