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SpaceX is developing technologies to enable human life on Mars and operates mission-critical platforms for vehicle and satellite software delivery. The Site Reliability Engineer (Application Software) will design, deploy, and operate the tools and infrastructure that accelerate vehicle software build, test, and operations, working closely with software teams to ensure high reliability, safety, and rapid iteration.

Skills

  • Proficient in Python and Python-based development frameworks
  • Comfortable with Linux operating systems and troubleshooting
  • Experience or mindset aligned with SRE/DevOps practices and incident response
  • Familiarity with observability, monitoring, and logging tools
  • Experience with infrastructure as code and automation tools

Responsibilities

  • Deploy, upgrade, operate, maintain, and scale mission-critical products and services
  • Manage infrastructure as code and use observability tools to monitor application health
  • Collaborate with software engineers to design operable, maintainable, and testable systems
  • Participate across the software lifecycle from design through deployment and continuous improvement
  • Practice incident response and conduct blameless postmortems
  • Provide high-quality end-user support to vehicle software engineers and participate in on-call rotation
  • Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks using measurement-driven approaches

Education

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, or engineering preferred
  • Equivalent professional experience (3+ years SRE/DevOps) accepted in lieu of degree

Benefits

  • Medical, vision, and dental coverage
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Short- and long-term disability insurance and life insurance
  • Paid parental leave
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan and potential long-term incentives (stock/options)
  • Paid vacation (approx. 3 weeks) and 10+ paid holidays per year
  • Potential discretionary bonuses and other employee discounts/perks
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SpaceX, founded by Elon Musk, is an aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company aiming to revolutionize space technology, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars.

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DATE POSTED
April 18, 2026
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