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Software Engineer (Platform Team)

SpaceX· Starship Software Engineering
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Palo Alto, CA$135k - $155kFull-timePosted 5mo ago

About the role

Software Engineer for SpaceX's AI platform within the Platform Team, focusing on building secure, scalable AI platforms and proxy systems, onboarding new frontier models, expanding compute resources, and delivering tools and infrastructure that accelerate AI-enabled workflows 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:Platform developmentDockerSecurity-focused architecture
Nice to have:MLOps / model onboardingPythonKubernetes / container orchestration

Benefits

  • 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 and 10+ paid holidays per year
  • paid sick leave per company policy
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan and potential long-term incentives (stock or cash bonuses)
Last updated Jul 8, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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