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Application Software Engineer

SpaceX· Application Software
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Starbase, TXfull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

SpaceX's application software team develops mission-critical applications to accelerate launch production, flight operations, and Starlink-related systems. The role focuses on building and evolving software to enable rapid manufacturing, data-driven operations, and scalable services for SpaceX programs including Starship and Starlink, with ownership of challenging problems and collaborative design.

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

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, math, or scientific discipline; OR 2+ years of professional experience building software in lieu of a degree
  • Experience in full stack development

Skills

Nice to have:Programming experienceSingle page web applicationsVersion control and CI/CDSoftware architecture designTesting, CI, build, deployment & monitoringPerformance profilingBuild systems and package managementUnix-like systems toolsIn-stream data processingContainer orchestrationFrontend frameworksDatabases
Last updated Jul 8, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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