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
Build software tools and construct scenarios to analyze system performance
Develop prototypes to prove out key design concepts and quantify technical constraints
Collaborate with other engineers to plan and organize the development of our products
See your software through from start to finish: from determining the core requirements, to prototyping, developing, and testing, and to rollout and beyond
Bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering, computer science, data science, or an engineering discipline
Software development experience in either C++ or Python
What they're looking for
- Experience with distributed systems or large-scale consumer internet systems
- Production experience with containerization technologies (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes)
- Understanding of version control, testing, continuous integration, build, deployment, and monitoring
- Experience with profiling and improving application performance