Software Development Engineer - Lunar Permanence

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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!

We are seeking a mid-career (L3) Software Engineer to join the Lunar Apps team. Our team is responsible for developing innovative products that accelerate aerospace engineering and push the boundaries of what can be achieved with engineers collaborating across complex systems. As a Level 3 Software Engineer, your expertise and technical contributions will directly influence the creation of tools which change how Lunar Permanence stores, analyzes, and utilizes Systems Engineering data.

We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills, and commitment to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required!

Responsibilities include:

• Write and contribute high-quality code to the product code base.

• Coordinate with the Product Manager to refine user stories into high-value features and technical tasks.

• Maintain technical documentation, requirements, design documents, and API references.

• Chaperone AI usage to ensure high-quality code and architecture are implemented within Lunar software products.

• Mentor software engineers in a team setting, architecture, design, and code review.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 4 or more years of experience developing and delivering data-driven software products, web-based applications and backend infrastructures.

• Proficiency with the following front-end technologies:
  React
  
  JS, Type Script, Graph
  
  QL.

• Proficiency with the following back-end technologies:
  FastAPI, SQL Alchemy, Pandas, Num Py, etc.

• Proficiency with deployment and productivity tools such as Git, Gitlab, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, and Artifactory.

• Proficiency in post-deployment monitoring tools such as Data Dog and Pager Duty.

• Experience writing unit, integration, end-to-end, acceptance, and regression tests.

• Demonstrable experience building complex features and architectures from scratch.

• Strong written and verbal interpersonal skills, with the ability to work with and communicate complex systems.

• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships.

Desired

Skills:

• BA/BS in computer science, information science, or related field; or equivalent practical experience.

• Experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), Systems Engineering, and/or aerospace engineering analysis.

• Demonstrable understanding of software engineering principles, object-oriented design and domain-driven design.

• Experience implementing Role-Based Access Controls (RBAC) and security methodologies for software deployment in distributed environments.

• Experience developing ETL pipelines and/or ingesting and manipulating data from a wide variety of sources, APIs, SQL/No
  
  SQL databases, files, or streams.

• Experience deploying software to AWS services such as RDS, Lambda, SQS, SNS, S3 using Terraform or similar infrastructure as code technologies.

• We prefer candidates located within commuting distance to our Denver, CO or Renton, WA offices.

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