Full Stack Software Engineer

Responsibilities

• Develop a reliable, scalable enterprise data platform for petabyte-scale data ingestion, processing, storage, and querying.
• Create full-stack functionality and end-to-end data pipelines that improve SpaceX business operations.
• Collaborate on architecture, design, and code reviews.
• Build prototypes to validate design concepts and quantify technical constraints.
• Own software engineering and product development across the full lifecycle.
• Analyze business problems and develop efficient solutions using first-principles thinking.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, data science, engineering, math, physics, or another scientific discipline, or 2+ years of professional software-building experience in lieu of a degree.
• At least 1 year of experience in full-stack development, software engineering, data engineering, or data science.
• Programming experience with Scala, Java, C#, Python, Go, or similar languages.
• Frontend experience with Angular, React, or similar JavaScript frameworks.
• Experience with in-stream big-data processing and analytics frameworks such as Apache Kafka, Spark, or Flink.
• Experience with relational and non-relational databases or data lakes such as Hive, Delta Lake, PostgreSQL, or CockroachDB.
• Experience with data exploration tools such as Grafana, Metabase, or Power BI.
• Understanding of version control, testing, continuous integration, build, deployment, and monitoring.
• Understanding of statistics, machine-learning algorithms, and frameworks.
• Willingness to work extended hours and weekends when needed.
• Must satisfy applicable ITAR citizenship, residency, refugee, asylee, or authorization requirements.

Benefits

• Base salary ranges from $125,000 to $165,000 per year for Software Engineer/Level I and from $145,000 to $200,000 per year for Software Engineer/Level II.
• Potential eligibility for company stock, stock options, long-term cash awards, discretionary bonuses, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Medical, vision, dental, 401(k), disability, life insurance, paid parental leave, discounts, and other perks.
• Three weeks of paid vacation, at least 10 paid holidays per year, and paid sick leave.