Sr Software Engineer, Compiler & Runtime

Sr Software Engineer, Compiler & Runtime

Join Relativity Space as a Senior Software Engineer focused on compiler and runtime development. The role sits on the Automation and Control Engineering (ACE) team and drives the full stack from platform services to device-level software.

Relativity Space is building an automated rocket factory and integrated launch platform. The Terrestrial Software team automates workflows across the entire lifecycle of Terran R, partnering with design, manufacturing, test, and launch teams to deliver enterprise-wide applications, automation, data analytics, and AI-powered solutions.

• Own features end-to-end across the software development lifecycle.
• Build and maintain platform services—real-time data pipelines, orchestration, UI, alerting—automation tooling and device-level software.
• Partner with hardware, test, manufacturing, and launch teams to design and improve automation and control systems.

• 7+ years of systems programming experience in C++ or Rust, with strong foundations in compilers, interpreters, or virtual machines.
• Experience building or extending domain‑specific languages or execution engines for real-time automation.
• Comfortable designing high-performance, low-allocation code paths and optimizing for cache behavior and memory layout.
• Excited to work on a proprietary language for live hardware control and safety-critical runtimes.

• Background in compilers, static analysis, formal isms, or programming languages research.
• Experience implementing type systems, bytecode interpreters, JITs, or code generation pipelines.
• Experience building scriptable automation frameworks or configuration/DSL layers on top of C++/Rust systems.
• Familiarity with real-time scheduling, concurrency, and fault‑tolerance for device control.

Hiring range: $165,000 – $211,000 USD.

Relativity Space offers competitive salary and equity, generous PTO, sick leave, parental leave, an annual learning stipend, and more.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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