Sr. Software Engineer (Platform Team)

SpaceX
Redmond
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 160,000 - 225,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 5-7 yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Leadership","Communication","Mentoring","Problem-solving"]

Lead design and development of SpaceX’s AI platform infrastructure, building secure, scalable AI gateways and proxy systems used company-wide. Own end-to-end platform initiatives, onboard frontier models, expand compute resources, and drive adoption of AI tooling to accelerate SpaceX production with trustworthy AI.

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Sr. Software Engineer (Platform Team)

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Job Summary

Lead design and development of SpaceX’s AI platform infrastructure, building secure, scalable AI gateways and proxy systems used company-wide. Own end-to-end platform initiatives, onboard frontier models, expand compute resources, and drive adoption of AI tooling to accelerate SpaceX production with trustworthy AI.
Location: Redmond
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead the design, architecture, and implementation of secure, scalable AI platforms and proxy systems used company-wide
  • •Own complex platform initiatives end-to-end, including technical strategy, implementation, testing, deployment, and long-term evolution
  • •Drive onboarding of new frontier models, expansion of compute resources, and optimization of proxy systems for performance, security, logging, and control
  • •Champion adoption across SpaceX by mentoring engineers, communicating value, building shared products/prompts/skills/infrastructure, and providing hands-on support
  • •Act as an entrepreneurial force to identify high-value opportunities and deliver solutions that allow users to rapidly convert problems and ideas into tested software, deployed applications, and trained models on managed, reliable compute

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 160,000 - 225,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:401kHealth InsuranceDentalPaid ParentalPaid LeaveLife Insurance

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, or a related engineering discipline and 5+ years of professional experience building production software; OR 7+ years of professional experience building production software in lieu of a degree
Experience:5-7 yearsAIAI platformsBackend systems
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:LeadershipCommunicationMentoringProblem-solving
Languages:English
Tech Stack:DockerKubernetesPythonGoJavaTypeScriptRustCI/CDInfrastructure-as-codeMLOpsCloud

Company Brief

SpaceX
Designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft for commercial and government customers, aiming to reduce space transportation costs and enable human life on Mars through reusable launch vehicles and integrated space systems.
Industry: Aerospace Manufacturing
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Established Company
Valuation: Hectocorn (USD 100B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: Hawthorne, United States
Founded: 2002
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