Full Stack Engineer, Launch Software
Hawthorne · 1+ years experience · Hybrid · Posted Sep 22, 2026
At a glance
- Experience
- 1+ years experience
- Workplace
- Hybrid
- Location
- Hawthorne
About the role
- The application software team creates mission critical applications used throughout SpaceX to accelerate launch vehicle production and flight, and systems for Starlink.
- Engineers have full ownership of challenging problems, working with a team to design and produce solutions enabling SpaceX to move towards its goals.
Responsibilities
- Develop highly reliable software solutions that are used across SpaceX
- Create new applications that improve how SpaceX operates
- Build prototypes to prove out key design concepts and quantify technical constraints
- Own all aspects of software engineering and product development
- Deep dive into your users’ problems to find and create efficient solutions
- Bring your voice to the table in team collaborations on architecture, design, and code reviews
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, math, or scientific discipline; OR 2+ years of professional experience building software in lieu of a degree
- 1+ years of experience in full stack development
- Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful permanent resident, Refugee, Asylee, or eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State to conform to U.S. Government export regulations.
Preferred qualifications
- Programming experience in Python, C#.NET, Go, Scala, Java, or similar object-oriented language
- 1+ years of rigorous experience building single page web applications
- Experience with version control, continuous integration, and continuous delivery concepts
- Expertise in designing software systems
- Deep understanding of testing, continuous integration, build, deployment & monitoring
- Expertise in profiling and improving application performance
- Experience with build systems and package management tools
- Experience with UNIX-like operating systems and tools for managing them
Benefits
- Long-term incentives in the form of company stock or long-term cash awards
- Potential discretionary bonuses
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Short and long-term disability insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid parental leave
- Paid vacation
- Paid holidays and paid sick leave
Workplace
- This role requires you to be onsite; remote and/or hybrid work will not be considered
Skills
- Python
- C#.NET
- Go
- Scala
- Java
- Make
- Bazel
- Gradle
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Angular
- React
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- PostgreSQL
- SQL Server
- Apache Kafka
