Application Software Engineer, Applied AI
SpaceX· Application Software
Bastrop, TXFull-timePosted 2mo ago
About the role
Role focused on designing, evaluating, deploying, and integrating modern AI systems (including large language models and agentic systems) to power SpaceX products and infrastructure. Own end-to-end lifecycle of AI capabilities from prototype to production, collaborating with Product, Engineering, and Operations.
Responsibilities
- Develop highly reliable software solutions used across SpaceX, including AI-powered applications that accelerate production, flight, and Starlink operations
- Create new applications that improve how SpaceX operates by incorporating modern large language models, agentic systems, and other AI capabilities
- Own the full lifecycle of Applied AI systems: design, evaluation, deployment, monitoring, and iteration from prototype to production
- Deep dive into users’ problems to uncover high-leverage AI opportunities and deliver efficient, production-grade solutions
- Architect production systems for agentic workflows, tool-use, multi-agent orchestration, advanced retrieval, and long-context applications that prioritize reliability, safety, and responsible deployment
- Build and maintain rigorous evaluation frameworks (LLM-as-judge, automated benchmarks, online evaluation) and production observability/monitoring for AI quality, safety, latency, and cost
- Stay at the frontier of LLM techniques and rapidly incorporate emerging best practices into production systems across SpaceX programs
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
- 1+ years of experience in full stack development
Skills
Required:AI model evaluation and deploymentEnd-to-end AI product deliveryLLM techniques (agentic systems, tool-use, multi-agent orchestration, retrieval, fine-tuning)
Last updated Aug 12, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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