SpaceX

2 months ago

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

Glassdoor: 4.2

Website LinkedIn

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SpaceX

2 months ago

Sr. Software Engineer (Platform Team)

✓ Verified Job

Canonical indexed version, validated from employer's careers page.

Source: Company careers pageValidated by: Fursa AI

Last checked: 19 hours agoStatus: Live

Job Summary

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

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

Glassdoor: 4.2

Website LinkedIn