Full Stack Software Engineer; Software Software

Full Stack Software Engineer (Application Software)

Location:

Redmond, Washington, United States

Compensation: $125,000 – $175,000 per year

We are building mission‑critical applications that accelerate launch vehicle production and flight operations. As a full‑stack engineer, you will own challenging problems and work closely with cross‑functional teams to design, develop, test, and deploy software solutions across SpaceX’s manufacturing and Starlink operations.

• Develop highly reliable software solutions used across Space
  
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• Create new applications that improve how SpaceX operates.
• Build prototypes to prove out key design concepts and quantify technical constraints.
• Own all aspects of software engineering and product development.
• Deep dive into user problems to find and create efficient solutions.
• Bring your voice to the table in team collaborations on architecture, design, and code reviews.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, math, or a scientific discipline; or 2+ years of professional software‑building experience in lieu of a degree.
• 1+ year of experience in full‑stack development.

• Programming experience in Python, C#.NET, Go, Scala, Java, or a similar object‑oriented language.
• 1+ year of rigorous experience building single‑page web applications.
• Experience with version control, continuous integration, and continuous delivery concepts.
• Expertise in designing software systems.
• Deep understanding of testing, continuous integration, build, deployment, and monitoring.
• Expertise in profiling and improving application performance.
• Experience with build systems (Make, Bazel/Pants/Buck, Gradle) and package management tools (pip, npm).
• Experience with UNIX‑like operating systems and tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Puppet for managing them.
• Experience with streaming data processing using Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, or similar technologies.
• Production experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Front‑end experience in Angular, React, or a similar JavaScript framework.
• Database experience with PostgreSQL, SQL Server, or similar database technologies.

• You may be asked to work extended hours and weekends depending on launch cadence.
• This role requires you to be onsite; remote or hybrid work is not considered.

Pay Range:
Software Engineer/Level I: $125,000 – $145,000 per year;
Software Engineer/Level II: $145,000 – $175,000 per year.

Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case‑by‑case basis and may vary based on job‑related knowledge, skills, education, and experience.

Base salary is only part of your total rewards package. You may also be eligible for long‑term incentives, company stock, stock options, bonuses, and the ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Additional benefits include comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage; a 401(k) retirement plan; short‑and long‑term disability insurance; life insurance; paid parental leave;

discounts and perks; 3 weeks of paid vacation; 10+ paid holidays; paid sick leave in accordance with Washington State law; and company shuttles from select Seattle locations to the SpaceX Redmond office Monday‑Friday.

• To comply with U.S. Government export regulations, applicants must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee, or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

SpaceX is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with SpaceX is governed on the basis of merit, competence, and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

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