SpaceX
Aerospace
SoftwareEngineer,SiteReliabilityEngineering(ApplicationSoftware)
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“Software Engineer, Site Reliability Engineering (Application Software) at SpaceX. Skills: Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, Application Software. Deploy mission-critical products. Upgrade mission-critical products”
What You'll Achieve.
Reduce safety-critical build times; Reduce safety-critical test times; Accelerate vehicle software delivery; Accelerate vehicle software testing; Accelerate vehicle software operations; Power Starlink's global growth
Industry & Context.
Hard problem solving
On-call rotation, Extended hours, Weekends
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Bachelor's degree in computer science, 3+ years of professional experience in SRE or DevOps, 1+ years of experience with Python, Experience with Linux operating systems
Nice to Have
Experience with build systems, Experience with container technologies, Experience with virtualization technologies, Experience with databases, Experience with data modeling, Experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools, Ability to work with mission-critical systems, Ability to communicate effectively
What You'll Do.
Deploy mission-critical products
Upgrade mission-critical products
Operate mission-critical products
Maintain mission-critical products
Scale mission-critical products
Manage infrastructure as code
Use observability tools
Design highly operable systems
Design highly maintainable systems
Design highly testable systems
Improve software development lifecycle
Practice sustainable incident response
Conduct blameless postmortems
Provide end-user support
Identify performance bottlenecks
Eliminate performance bottlenecks
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Collaborate with software engineers; Work with teammates
Communication Scope
Effective communication
Process & Methodology
Software development lifecycle
Full Job Description
SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars. SOFTWARE ENGINEER, SITE RELIABILITY ENGINEERING (APPLICATION SOFTWARE) The application software team is the central nervous system of SpaceX. We build mission-critical platforms that accelerate vehicle software delivery, testing, and operations for every Falcon 9, Starship, and Dragon mission all while powering Starlink’s global growth. This position will have a meaningful impact on Starship by significantly reducing safety-critical build and test times for vehicle software. We are looking for a Site Reliability Engineer who brings a strong SRE mindset, cares deeply about safety, quality, and attention to detail, and possesses the ability to understand the big picture before writing code. The ideal candidate fully understands what they are building, enjoys hard problem solving, thinks strategically, and is decisive, organized, and self-critical. SpaceX relies on our vehicle software being built quickly and correctly, tested rigorously, and rapidly iterated on. You will build and maintain the tools that make this possible. Every time a Falcon 9 or Starship launches, a Dragon capsule docks with the ISS, or a Starlink satellite connects a new community, the software responsible for it was created with the tools you design, improve, and scale. Aerospace experience is not required. We value smart, motivated, collaborative engineers who treat teammates with fairness, respect, and support, and who want to take full ownership of challenging problems to help make humanity multi-planetary. RESPONSIBILITIES: Deploy, upgrade, operate, maintain, and scale our suite of mission-critical products and services Manage our underlying infrastructure as code and use modern observability tools to provide a compl
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