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Full Stack Software Engineer, Internal Applications

SpaceX

Bastrop, TX · 1+ years experience · Posted Sep 26, 2026

At a glance

Experience
1+ years experience
Location
Bastrop, TX

About the role

  • The application software team acts as the central nervous system of SpaceX by creating mission-critical applications used to accelerate launch vehicle production, flight, and Starlink operations.
  • Engineers in this role take full ownership of challenging problems, working closely with teams across the company to design and produce solutions that enable rapid progress.

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
  • Experience in full stack development
  • Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed
  • Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful permanent resident, Refugee, or Asylee, or be eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State

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
  • Production experience with Docker and Kubernetes

Skills

  • Python
  • C#.NET
  • Go
  • Scala
  • Java
  • Terraform
  • Ansible
  • Puppet
  • Apache Kafka
  • RabbitMQ
  • ActiveMQ
  • Docker
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  • Kubernetes
  • Angular
  • React

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