Sr. Software Engineer

About the role

Join the Flight Reliability team to build mission-critical software supporting Falcon, Starship, Dragon, and Starlink. You will design applications that manage engineering changes, mitigate fleet risks, and integrate agentic AI to optimize our operational workflows. This role centers on transforming complex reliability challenges into scalable software solutions that directly impact launch success and operational safety. You will own the design and execution of systems that bring clarity to intricate, high-stakes data flows. The position requires a balance of rigorous engineering discipline and creative problem-solving in a fast-paced environment. You will work alongside experts to ensure software reliability matches the physical systems it monitors. Your contributions will be visible across engineering, reliability, and mission assurance organizations. This is an opportunity to apply full stack skills to some of the most demanding operational problems in aerospace.

Key facts

What you'll do

• Architect and develop reliable software used across the organization, ensuring robustness under demanding operational conditions.
• Create prototypes to validate design concepts and technical requirements before committing to large scale implementations.
• Manage the full product development lifecycle for your assigned projects, from initial requirements to deployment and iteration.
• Collaborate with users to identify pain points and build effective technical solutions that streamline reliability workflows.
• Participate in code reviews and architectural discussions to influence software standards and promote best practices.
• Design and implement features that integrate agentic AI capabilities into existing reliability and monitoring tools.
• Optimize application performance to support rapid decision making during critical launch and mission events.
• Develop and maintain interfaces between systems that track engineering changes, fleet risk, and operational metrics.
• Write clear documentation and technical guides so that solutions remain understandable and maintainable over time.
• Partner with cross functional teams to align software deliverables with evolving mission and reliability objectives.
• Implement testing strategies that validate software behavior in scenarios that mirror real world flight conditions.
• Refactor legacy components to improve maintainability, scalability, and alignment with current technology standards.
• Support operational readiness by ensuring software tools are resilient, observable, and responsive to emerging issues.
• Contribute to the definition of reliability metrics and dashboards that provide actionable insight across the organization.

Requirements

• Bachelor degree in engineering, computer science, math, or a scientific field with 4+ years of professional experience, or 6+ years of professional experience without a degree.
• 5+ years of experience in full stack development across both frontend and backend systems.
• Must be a U.S. citizen, permanent resident, refugee, or asylee to meet ITAR requirements.
• Ability to work extended hours or weekends based on launch schedules and critical operational events.
• Strong understanding of software reliability principles and their application in high consequence environments.
• Experience with version control, deployment pipelines, and infrastructure as code practices.
• Capacity to translate ambiguous requirements into well defined technical tasks and interfaces.
• Willingness to adhere to strict security, compliance, and data handling standards in all software activities.

Nice to have

• 5+ years of experience building single page web applications with responsive and maintainable front end architectures.
• Proficiency in Python, C#.NET, Go, Scala, or Java for backend service development.
• Experience with Agentic AI, including LLM prompting, evaluation, and monitoring in operational contexts.
• Background in Docker, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Angular, or React for building integrated solutions.
• Expertise in CI/CD, system profiling, and performance optimization for high throughput systems.

Practical notes

This position is strictly onsite. Salary range is $160,000 to $225,000 per year. Total compensation includes stock options, long-term cash awards, discretionary bonuses, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k), life insurance, disability coverage, paid parental leave, 3 weeks of vacation, and 10+ paid holidays.