Application Software Engineer, Applied AI
AI summary of the role
SpaceX's Application Software team is hiring an Applied AI engineer to design, evaluate, deploy, and integrate LLM and agentic systems that power mission-critical applications across launch vehicle production, flight, and Starlink operations.
What you’ll do
- Develop highly reliable AI-powered applications that accelerate production, flight, and Starlink operations
- Own the full lifecycle of Applied AI systems from design and evaluation to deployment and monitoring
- Architect production systems for agentic workflows, tool-use, multi-agent orchestration, advanced retrieval, and long-context applications
- Build and maintain rigorous evaluation frameworks (LLM-as-judge, automated benchmarks, online evaluation) and production observability
What you’ll bring
- 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
- Hands-on experience evaluating, deploying, and integrating AI models into production systems
- Proven track record of shipping real-world AI products from prototype through production deployment
Technologies
Python · C#.NET · Go · Scala · Java · Docker · Kubernetes · Kafka · Angular · React · PostgreSQL · SQL Server
About SpaceX
Builds reusable launch systems, spacecraft, and the Starlink satellite network to lower the cost of access to space while turning orbital infrastructure into a mass-market connectivity business.
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