Full Stack Software Engineer, Platform

SpaceX develops technologies intended to enable human life on Mars. The Full Stack Software Engineer, Platform will develop reliable software and applications used across the company, build prototypes, own software engineering and product development, and collaborate on architecture, design, and code reviews.

Responsibilities

• Develop highly reliable software solutions that are used across SpaceX
• 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 your users’ problems to find and create efficient solutions
• Bring your voice to the table in team collaborations on architecture, design, and code reviews

Preferred

• Programming experience in Python, C#.NET, Go, Scala, Java, or similar object-oriented language
• 1+ years 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 & 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 like Terraform, Ansible, Puppet for managing them
• Experience working with in-stream data processing using Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, or similar technologies
• Production experience with Docker and Kubernetes
• Front-end experience in Angular, React, or similar JavaScript framework
• Database experience with PostgreSQL, SQL Server, or similar database technologies
• Python
• C#/.NET
• Go
• Scala
• Java
• Object-Oriented Programming
• Single-Page Applications
• Version Control
• Continuous Integration
• Continuous Delivery
• Software System Design
• Software Testing
• Build Automation
• Software Deployment
• Application Monitoring
• Performance Profiling
• Performance Optimization
• Make
• Bazel
• Pants
• Buck
• Gradle
• pip
• npm
• UNIX-Like Systems
• Terraform
• Ansible
• Puppet
• Stream Data Processing
• Apache Kafka
• RabbitMQ
• ActiveMQ
• Docker
• Kubernetes
• Angular
• React
• JavaScript Frameworks
• PostgreSQL
• SQL Server
• Database Technologies

Benefits

• Eligible for long-term incentives in the form of company stock or long-term cash awards
• Potential discretionary bonuses
• Ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Short- and long-term disability insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid parental leave
• Various other discounts and perks
• 3 weeks of paid vacation
• 10 or more paid holidays per year
• Paid sick leave pursuant to Company policy

Company

• Designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft
• Hawthorne, California, USA
• https://www.spacex.com/
• Founded in 2002
• 1001-5000 employees

Qualifications

• Aerospace experience is not required to be successful here
• smart, motivated, respectful, collaborative engineers who love solving problems
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, math, or scientific discipline; OR 2+ years of professional experience building software in lieu of a degree
• 1+ years of experience in full stack development
• To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State
• Smart, motivated, respectful, collaborative engineers who love solving problems
• Programming experience in Python, C#.NET, Go, Scala, Java, or similar object-oriented language
• 1+ years 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 & 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 like Terraform, Ansible, Puppet for managing them
• Experience working with in-stream data processing using Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, or similar technologies
• Production experience with Docker and Kubernetes
• Front-end experience in Angular, React, or similar JavaScript framework
• Database experience with PostgreSQL, SQL Server, or similar database technologies

Required skills

• Application Performance Optimization, Build Systems and Package Management, Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery, Docker and Kubernetes, Frontend Development with Angular or React, Full-Stack Development, In-Stream Data Processing, Object-Oriented Programming, Single-Page Application Development, Software Architecture, Software Testing, Version Control

Preferred skills

• Expertise in designing software systems, Expertise in profiling and improving application performance, Production experience with Docker and Kubernetes

Experience

• 2+ years