Junior Application Software Engineer

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Job Summary:

SpaceX is an aviation and aerospace company that designs, manufactures, and launches rockets and spacecraft. The Application Software Engineer will be responsible for developing mission critical applications that support SpaceX's operations, enabling rapid build and reuse of Starship, and enhancing the Starlink service.

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

Qualifications:

Required:

• 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

Preferred:

• 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 (Make, Bazel/Pants/Buck, Gradle) and package management tools (pip, npm)

• Experience with UNIX-like operating systems and tools like Terraform, Ansible, Puppet for managing them

• Experience working with in-stream data processing using Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, or similar technologies

• Production experience with Docker and Kubernetes

• Front-end experience in Angular, React, or similar JavaScript framework

• Database experience with PostgreSQL, SQL Server, or similar database technologies

Company:

SpaceX is an aviation and aerospace company that designs, manufactures, and launches rockets and spacecraft. Founded in 2002, the company is headquartered in Hawthorne, California, USA, with a team of 1001-5000 employees. The company is currently Late Stage.