The opportunity
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.
What you'll do
Own the health, performance, and stability of integrations between frontier: AI models (e.g., Grok family) and government systems, platforms, and data environments
Continuously invest in documentation, metrics, monitors, and other: troubleshooting tools that keep these services observable and operable
Tackle critical issues for key government customers: respond to automated alerts, investigate reported problems, and drive lasting fixes
Partner with agency stakeholders and adjacent product teams to understand: operational needs, share technical expertise, and iterate based on real-world feedback.
Partner with agency stakeholders to understand requirements, prototype: solutions, and iterate rapidly based on real-world feedback
Address technical debt in essential codebases and inform strategic investments in core products
What they're looking for
- Participate in on-call rotations during business hours and occasional: weekends, maintaining resilient, high-uptime production systems
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering or another STEM: discipline; OR 2+ years of professional experience in software development in lieu of a degree
- + years of hands-on software engineering experience building scalable: systems, APIs, or AI/ML applications (strong Python proficiency, other languages a plus)
- Experience working with large language models, generative AI, or agentic: systems—either in research, production, or applied engineering
