SpaceX

SpaceX designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft with the aim of revolutionizing space technology and enabling human life on other planets.

Aerospace & Defense

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10K-50K (12000)

Founded 2002

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Principal Software Engineer (Platform Team)

3 weeks, 3 days ago

United States

Full-time

Lead

Software Engineer

Software Development

Docker Kubernetes MLOps Python

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SpaceX

SpaceX designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft with the aim of revolutionizing space technology and enabling human life on other planets.

Aerospace & Defense

10K-50K

Founded 2002

View All Jobs 269

Description

Define and drive the long-term technical vision and architecture for SpaceX’s AI platform and security infrastructure.
Lead high-impact initiatives from strategy and design through implementation and company-wide rollout.
Oversee onboarding of frontier models, compute scaling, and continuous optimization of proxy systems for security, efficiency, logging, and control.
Establish standards, mentor senior engineers, and build reusable assets to drive AI adoption at scale.
Identify and execute the highest-leverage opportunities to turn ideas into production software, trained models, and automated systems.
Invent and scale risk-mitigation capabilities such as AI code review, automated PR tools, and safety systems.
Set best practices and technical direction for secure, lean, and effective applied AI across the company.
Advise leadership and collaborate with cross-functional teams to align platform capabilities with company goals.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, or another engineering discipline, plus 7+ years of professional experience building and scaling production platforms, or 9+ years of equivalent experience in lieu of a degree.
Experience designing and operating large-scale AI/ML platforms, internal developer platforms, or mission-critical infrastructure.
Demonstrated success architecting and scaling AI gateways, secure proxy layers, or enterprise MLOps platforms serving hundreds of users.
Expert-level experience with Docker and Kubernetes ecosystems.
Experience with zero-trust security models and multi-cloud or frontier-model integrations.
Deep expertise in MLOps, distributed compute, model lifecycle management, and highly observable, reliable systems.
Strong history of enabling organization-wide impact through technical leadership, mentoring, and shared platforms and standards.
Mastery of Python and broad expertise across modern languages and tooling.
Extensive experience with infrastructure-as-code and advanced observability.
Strong entrepreneurial leadership with the ability to spot and deliver transformative solutions.
Passion for responsible AI, developer velocity, and turning deep engineering knowledge into reliable automation at planetary scale.
Must meet ITAR requirements and be a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, asylee, or otherwise eligible for required U.S. Department of State authorization.

Benefits

Pay range of $210,000 to $295,000 per year for the Principal Software Engineer level.
Potential long-term incentives in the form of company stock or long-term cash awards.
Potential discretionary bonuses.
Ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage.
401(k) retirement plan.
Short- and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, and paid parental leave.
3 weeks of paid vacation, 10 or more paid holidays per year, and paid sick leave in accordance with company policy.

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