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Software Engineer (Platform Team)

SpaceX· Starship Software Engineering
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Bastrop, TXFull-timePosted 5mo ago

About the role

Software Engineer role focused on building foundational AI platform tooling and security infrastructure to enable SpaceX teams to harness AI securely and effectively. Design and operate secure, scalable AI platforms and proxies, onboard models, expand compute, and build shared AI assets to accelerate development across SpaceX.

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and operate secure, scalable AI platforms and proxy systems used by teams throughout SpaceX
  • Own the full lifecycle of platform development including design, testing, deployment, and continuous improvement
  • Drive adoption by communicating value, directly supporting engineers, and building shared prompts, skills, and infrastructure that accelerate peers
  • Act entrepreneurially to identify high-value opportunities and create solutions that allow users to rapidly turn problems and ideas into tested software, deployed applications, and trained models on managed, reliable compute
  • Collaborate closely with stakeholders to deeply understand needs and deliver platforms that connect AI to real tools and workflows
  • Onboard new models, expand compute resources, and optimize efficiency of proxy systems for logging, control, and security
  • Develop tools that mitigate business risk, such as AI-powered code review and PR automation
  • Focus on lean, effective, and secure applied AI that maximizes conversion of engineering expertise into automation and reliable data systems across the company

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, or other engineering discipline; OR 2+ years of professional experience building production software in lieu of a degree
  • Experience developing production software systems (platform, backend, or full stack)

Skills

Required:Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experienceProduction software experience
Nice to have:Internal developer platforms / AI gateways / secure proxy systemsDockerSecurity-focused architectureMLOps / model onboarding / compute orchestrationPythonOther programming languagesKubernetes / container orchestrationAI risk mitigation / code generation / developer productivity tools
Last updated Jul 8, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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