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Software Engineer, Research Tools

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Hybrid (Transparent in description (SpaceX office locations not specified))full-timePosted 4d ago

About the role

Software Engineer on SpaceXSI's Research Tools team building full-stack infrastructure and applications to enable researchers to iterate quickly, run experiments, and extract insights. Focus on experiment orchestration, visualization tools for model evaluation, and abstractions for understanding model behavior at scale. Full-stack product-engineering role collaborating with researchers and engineers; no prior ML or research experience required.

Responsibilities

  • Build and maintain the full-stack applications and infrastructure researchers rely on daily, covering experiment setup, feedback collection, and results analysis.
  • Own complete product areas from user needs through design, implementation, and iteration, setting standards for how to build research applications.
  • Create reusable platforms and tools that speed up new research applications, then prototype, ship, and iterate quickly based on real-world usage.
  • Partner with research teams to turn their workflows and pain points into intuitive interfaces and abstractions that make complex research tasks fast and approachable.

Qualifications

  • Experience building tools, platforms, or infrastructure for technical users (engineers, researchers, data scientists, analysts, etc.).
  • Shipped full-stack products and owned systems from user interface to storage or services, using technologies such as TypeScript and React alongside Node, Python, or Go.
  • Built dense, data-facing tools such as transcript viewers, diffing systems, review queues, observability products, or operational dashboards—and you have strong opinions about how structured data should be rendered.
  • Strong product instincts, ability to identify the right problems to solve, and move from concept to working prototype with ease.
  • Ability to move quickly under ambiguity, collaborate closely with researchers and domain experts, and take open-ended problems from rough need to reliable product.

Skills

Required:Experience with full-stack developmentTypeScriptReact
Nice to have:NodePython or Go
Last updated Oct 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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