Software Engineer, Backend (C/C++)
$125,000–$150,000 year
On-siteHawthorne, California, United States
Job Summary
Develop and maintain the core test infrastructure framework and applications used across SpaceX to power software and hardware test validation for all flight systems. Improve reliability, performance, and safety of test software while working closely with flight software engineers to develop new features and efficient solutions. Own all aspects of software engineering and product development for the test infrastructure, including building and evolving the framework for production and integration testing. Deep dive into users' problems to create efficient solutions that accelerate vehicle production. This onsite role requires C/C++ and Python experience, with extended hours or weekends dependent on launch cadence. The team is focused on building out SpaceXAI to improve engineering capacity through AI tooling.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, math, or scientific discipline
- 2+ years of professional experience building software in lieu of a degree
- 1+ years of experience with C/C++
- 1+ years of experience with Python
- You may be asked to work extended hours/weekends dependent on launch cadence
- This role requires you to be onsite
- Remote and/or hybrid work will not be considered
- To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State
Desired Qualifications
- Experience developing telemetry-based software
- Expertise in designing software systems
- Front-end experience in Angular, React, or similar JavaScript framework
- Deep understanding of testing, continuous integration, build, deployment & monitoring
- Understanding of agentic workflows and utilizing AI to improve developer experience
- Expertise in profiling and improving application performance
- Experience with build systems (Make and Bazel preferred) and package management tools (pip, npm)
- Experience with UNIX-like operating systems and tools like Ansible and Puppet for managing them
- Production experience with Docker, Containerd, LXC, and/or Kubernetes
- Database experience with PostgreSQL, SQL Server, or similar database technologies
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