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AI Security Software Engineer (Starshield)

SpaceX· Starshield Software Engineering
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Washington, DC$130k - $195kFull-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

AI Security Software Engineer role on SpaceX's Starshield AI security team, focused on building AI-powered automation, security-critical agents, and real-time defense capabilities to identify and fix vulnerabilities, with emphasis on trusted and secure AI tooling.

Responsibilities

  • Design and build security-critical agents for Starshield that automate network and systems defense
  • Leverage AI to discover and fix security issues in Starshield infrastructure and systems
  • Provide guidance and perform testing of AI integrations into new and existing Starshield systems
  • Identify new areas of the program where meaningful security improvements can be gained via automation and AI
  • Maintain existing production systems and improve security posture via both direct implementation and recommendations to other teams

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or another STEM discipline; OR 2+ years of professional experience in security software development in lieu of a degree
  • Experience with one or more software development languages (i.e. Python, C++, Golang)

Skills

Required:Software development
Nice to have:Security engineering

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • short and long-term disability insurance
  • life insurance
  • paid parental leave
  • paid vacation (3 weeks) and 10+ paid holidays per year
  • employee stock/long-term incentives and stock purchase plan
  • discretionary bonuses and potential discounts through ESPP
Last updated Oct 14, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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