Sr SW Engineer

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 Blue Origin Engines business unit, where our focus is the design, development, manufacturing, and testing of engines and propulsion systems. Built for multiple uses, our family of engines is powering the next generation of rockets for commercial, civil, national security, and human spaceflight.

• Develop full-stack web applications to support design engineering, manufacturing, and production
• Create modern front‑end applications using Type Script, React, Next.js, and CSS frameworks (Tailwind, Material UI)
• Build and maintain RESTful and Graph
  
  QL APIs using Node.js
• Design and implement efficient, scalable application architectures

• Ingest data from source systems using REST, Graph
  
  QL, SQL, and streaming platforms
• Build batch and streaming data transformation pipelines
• Design and implement database schemas (relational and No
  
  SQL)
• Store and serve data through APIs, OLTP databases, and data lakes

• Own multiple systems and projects of significant technical depth, driving design, delivery, and planning of improvements
• Define technical roadmaps for owned systems
• Proactively identify cross‑system improvements and lead their implementation
• Mentor junior and mid‑level engineers through code reviews and pair programming
• Identify opportunities for improved algorithms, data structures, and system design
• Interface with internal customers to assess requirements and deliver solutions

• Maintain CI/CD pipelines and deployments (Git Lab, Kubernetes/EKS)
• Participate in on‑call rotation to support production applications
• Create and maintain project plans using Jira
• Attend daily standups and contribute to team planning

Onsite in Seattle, WA or Huntsville, AL

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience
• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience including:
• Building production web applications with React & Type Script
• Creating REST APIs with Node.js
• Designing normalized database schemas and writing SQL queries
• Deploying applications to cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred)
• Implementing appropriate data structures & algorithms
• Leading projects and mentoring engineers
• Building data transformation pipelines

• Front‑End
  • Experience with Next.js, D3, server‑side rendering, and responsive design
• Data Engineering
  • Batch processing (Spark)
  • Streaming event‑driven services (Kafka, Flink)
  • Data lake technologies (Delta Lake or Iceberg)
  • No
    
    SQL databases
  • Data Modeling (Data Vault, Medallion)
• Infrastructure & Dev Ops
  • Kubernetes deployments (EKS)
  • AWS services (RDS, EKS, S3, Cloud Watch, ECS, MSK, Glue)
  • CI/CD pipeline development
  • Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
• Backend
  • Java and Spring Boot development
• Domain Knowledge
  • Manufacturing, operations, logistics, or aerospace engineering domains

• $ - $

• Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, paid parental leave, short and long‑term disability, 401(k) with a company match of up to 5%, and an Education Support Program
• Stock Options for all regular employees (working at least 20 hours/week)
• Paid Time Off:
  Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company‑paid holidays
• Dependent on role type and job level, employees may be eligible for benefits and bonuses based on the company's intent to reward individual contributions and enable them to share in the company's results, or other factors at the company's sole discretion. Bonus amounts and eligibility are not guaranteed and subject to change and cancellation. Please check with your recruiter for more details.

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  Blue’s Standard Background Check
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