Principal Software Engineer (Platform Team)

SpaceX
Sunnyvale
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 7-9 yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Leadership","Mentoring","Communication","Collaboration","Strategic thinking"]

Define and drive SpaceX's AI platform and security infrastructure, architecting scalable gateways and proxy systems for enterprise AI. Lead high-impact, company-wide AI initiatives, onboard frontier models, scale compute, and mentor engineers to accelerate trustworthy AI across SpaceX teams.

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SpaceX
SpaceX
3 months ago

Principal Software Engineer (Platform Team)

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Job Summary

Define and drive SpaceX's AI platform and security infrastructure, architecting scalable gateways and proxy systems for enterprise AI. Lead high-impact, company-wide AI initiatives, onboard frontier models, scale compute, and mentor engineers to accelerate trustworthy AI across SpaceX teams.
Location: Sunnyvale
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •Define and drive the long-term technical vision and architecture for SpaceX’s AI platform and security infrastructure.
  • •Lead high-impact initiatives with full ownership over strategy, design, implementation, and successful company-wide rollout.
  • •Oversee onboarding of frontier models, massive compute scaling, and continuous optimization of proxy systems for security, efficiency, logging, and control.
  • •Lead adoption efforts at scale — establishing standards, mentoring senior engineers, building reusable assets, and driving cultural change toward AI-first workflows.
  • •Proactively identify and execute on the highest-leverage opportunities to turn ideas into production software, trained models, and automated systems with managed, reliable compute.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Health InsuranceVisionDental401kEquityDisabilityPaid ParentalPaid LeaveHolidays

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, or other engineering discipline and 7+ years of professional experience building and scaling production platforms; OR 9+ years of professional experience building and scaling production platforms in lieu of a degree
  • •Experience designing and operating large-scale AI/ML platforms, internal developer platforms, or mission-critical infrastructure
  • •Demonstrated success architecting and scaling AI gateways, secure proxy layers, or enterprise MLOps platforms that serve hundreds of users
  • •Expert-level experience with Docker/Kubernetes ecosystems, zero-trust security models, and multi-cloud/frontier-model integrations
  • •Mastery of Python and broad expertise across modern languages and tooling
Experience:7-9 years
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:LeadershipMentoringCommunicationCollaborationStrategic thinking
Languages:English
Tech Stack:DockerKubernetesPythonMLOpsFrontier modelsCloudAPISecurity

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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