Application Software Engineer, Flight Software
SpaceX · Hawthorne, CA
About this role
**SpaceX — Application Software Engineer (Flight Software)** SpaceX is building the technologies to enable human life on Mars. The Application Software team is the “central nervous system” of SpaceX—creating mission-critical applications used across the company to accelerate launch vehicle production and flight, and to help Starlink grow into a fast, reliable global internet service. You’ll work on systems that enable rapid build and reuse of Starship, next-generation manufacturing software for high-throughput Starlink factories, and platforms supporting concurrent data streams from always-on assets. You’ll also collaborate across SpaceX to keep systems aligned with crewed launches, Starship flights, Starlink network changes, and more. Aerospace experience isn’t required—SpaceX is looking for smart, motivated, respectful, collaborative engineers who love solving problems and want to make an impact. --- **Responsibilities** - Develop highly reliable software solutions used across SpaceX - Create new applications that improve how SpaceX operates - Build prototypes to prove key design concepts and quantify technical constraints - Own all aspects of software engineering and product development - Deep dive into users’ problems to find and create efficient solutions - Contribute to team collaborations on architecture, design, and code reviews **Basic Qualifications** - Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, math, or a scientific discipline; **or** 2+ years of professional experience building software in lieu of a degree - 1+ years of experience in full stack development **Preferred Skills & Experience** - Programming experience in Python, C#.NET, Go, Scala, Java, or similar object-oriented languages - 1+ years building single-page web applications - Experience with version control, continuous integration, and continuous delivery - Expertise designing software systems - Deep understanding of testing, continuous integration, build, deployment, and monitoring - Expertise profiling and improving application performance - Experience with build systems (Make, Bazel/Pants/Buck, Gradle) and package management (pip, npm) - Experience with UNIX-like operating systems and tools like Terraform, Ansible, Puppet - Experience with in-stream data processing (Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, or similar) - Production experience with Docker and Kubernetes - Front-end experience in Angular, React, or similar frameworks - Database experience with PostgreSQL, SQL Server, or similar technologies **Additional Requirements** - You may be asked to work extended hours/weekends depending on launch cadence - This role requires you to be onsite (remote/hybrid not considered) --- **Compensation & Benefits** - **Pay Range** - Level 1: **$125,000.00 – $160,000.00** - Level 2: **$145,000.00 – $195,000.00** Base salary is one part of total rewards. You may also be eligible for long-term incentives (company stock or long-term cash awards), potential discretionary bonuses, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Benefits include comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, a 401(k), disability and life insurance, paid parental leave, paid vacation, paid holidays, and paid sick leave per company policy. --- **ITAR Requirements** To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicants must be one of the following: (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful permanent resident (green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, (iv)
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