Senior Software Development Engineer

Salary range updated, see changes below (effective January 1, 2025).

Application close date:

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.

At Blue Origin, we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. We’re working to develop reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion. Join our diverse team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight!  

We are a diverse team of collaborators, doers, and problem-solvers who are relentlessly committed to a culture of safety. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your commitment and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable space flight. Join us in lowering the cost of access to space and enabling Blue Origin’s vision of millions of people living and working in space to benefit Earth.

This role is part of Enterprise Technology (ET), where we’re developing the digital infrastructure needed to build the road to space, with an emphasis on digital capabilities required to advance Blue Origin’s mission. Enterprise Technology is the center of excellence for digital technology at Blue Origin, providing oversight and governance to align technology and business strategies.

As a senior software engineer in Enterprise Technology, you will bring your perspective to aerospace applications of engineering design, manufacturing, supply chain, mission operations, or customer experience.

We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills, and commitment to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required! 

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Lead the design and development of software systems and infrastructure in languages like Java, Python, AWS components, and Spring

• Craft and build web user interfaces in frameworks like Angular and React

• Mentor software engineers on your team and others

• Work alongside design, manufacturing, and flight operations teams to understand opportunities for improvement and points of unnecessary complexity

• Evaluate, integrate, and extend commercial products using GraphQL, REST web services, and message queues

• Fix software problems at multiple levels, including installation, deployment, configuration, server-side and client-side issues

Minimum Qualifications

• At least 7 years of relevant experience writing software and deploying it to a production environment

• Skill in typed (like Java or C) and untyped (like Python or Javascript) languages

• Deep working knowledge of computer science fundamentals like algorithms and common data structures

• Ability to solve problems by writing efficient working code, even when given incomplete or ambiguous requirements

• Strong written and verbal interpersonal skills, with the ability to work with and communicate complex systems to a diverse user base

• Experience mentoring software engineers in a team setting, including architecture, design, and code review

• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and strengthen our culture of inclusion

• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum

Desired:

• Some of our applications include rich user experiences in HTML, CSS, and Javascript, using frameworks like React. If you've built these, let us know

• We deploy production distributed systems to Amazon Web Services using systems like git, Docker, and Kubernetes

  

 

Compensation Range for:

WA applicants is $177,567.00-$248,593.80

Other site ranges may differ

Inclusivity Statement

Don’t meet all desired requirements? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single desired qualification. At Blue Origin, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every desired qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

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