Full-Stack Software Engineering Developer III - Space Systems Development

Join Blue Origin's Space Systems Development Team

At Blue Origin, we are committed to building a road to space for the benefit of Earth. Our Space Systems Development (SSD) business unit is at the forefront of developing next-generation concepts and systems to advance sustainable living and working in space. We are looking for a Full-Stack Software Engineering Developer III to join our team in Seattle, WA.

About the Role

As a member of the Formulation team, you will be responsible for developing software products that support various teams across SSD, as well as customer-facing applications. You will work with the latest AWS technologies, data approaches, and machine learning to build distributed, highly available systems. Your technical expertise, leadership skills, and commitment to quality will positively impact safe human spaceflight.

Key Responsibilities

• Participate in all aspects of the software development lifecycle, including developing verifiable requirements, creating and implementing software architectures and designs, writing planning specifications, systems integration, test development and execution, deployment, issue resolution, and maintenance.
• Design and develop intuitive user interfaces to support designers and engineers.
• Share knowledge and experience in performance, scalability, software system architecture, and engineering best practices.
• Work alongside designers to develop intuitive user interfaces for a variety of use cases, including enterprise applications for engineers and designers and customer-facing applications.
• Identify and champion areas for automation and create clean workflows and processes.
• Actively work with product owners and scrum masters to support sprint planning and backlog grooming sessions.
• Produce top-tier user documentation for defining the architecture of systems and their interactions.

Minimum Qualifications

• BA/BS in computer science, information science, or related field; or equivalent practical experience.
• At least 5 years of experience developing data-driven products, including web-based services or products.
• Strong understanding of software engineering principles, including object-oriented design and the ability to translate domain expertise into applications.
• Experience ingesting and manipulating data from a wide variety of sources including APIs, SQL/NoSQL databases, files, etc.
• Mastery of version control systems (git, svn, etc.).
• Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills.
• Experience leading a major project from inception to production.

Preferred Qualifications

• Aerospace/systems engineering experience and/or experience developing software in an aerospace environment.
• Experience with Python or JavaScript/TypeScript as a primary language.
• Experience with ReactJS or similar front-end web technologies.
• Experience with GraphQL endpoints.
• Experience with data-manipulation, plotting, and simulation libraries, such as Pandas, NumPy, Matplotlib, SciKitLearn, SimPy, Salabim, etc.
• Experience with parallel/concurrent computation technologies and architectures.
• Experience with AWS Services including RDS, Lambda, SQS, SNS, Fargate, S3.
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code and relevant technologies.
• Experience with Docker and/or Kubernetes or other relevant containerization technologies.
• Understanding of authentication and security strategies.
• Experience developing 2D and 3D visualizations utilizing modern frameworks such as d3.js or graph.js.
• Project management experience, delivering results on-time and on-budget.

Compensation

The salary range for this position is €141,480 to €198,072 per year, depending on experience and qualifications.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision insurance
• Basic and supplemental life insurance
• Paid parental leave
• Short and long-term disability
• 401(k) with company match up to 5%
• Education Support Program
• Up to four weeks of paid time off per year
• Up to 14 company-paid holidays
• Discretionary bonus

Inclusivity Statement

At Blue Origin, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every desired qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Export Control Regulations

Applicants for employment at Blue Origin must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e. current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.