Software Development Engineer III
Blue Origin
Seattle, Washington
Job Description
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.
As a SDE III embedded in the MLOPS group, you will lead a small team that participates in the full product lifecycle. You and your team will help gather requirements, design and code features and help support our users. We value people who are ready to learn new things, beginning on the first day. We're looking for teammates who will be committed, careful, and passionate about ensuring safe and repeatable spaceflights.
Responsibilities:
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Lead the design and development of software systems and infrastructure in languages like Java, Python, C++, and Javascript.
- Build data products that support the company's mission.
- 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 REST web services.
- Fix software problems at multiple levels, including installation, deployment, configuration, server-side and client-side issues.
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!
Basic Qualifications:
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Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Aerospace, Mechanical or field related to the responsibilities.
- At least 9 years of relevant experience writing software and deploying it to a production environment.
- Deep knowledge of modern programming language, such as, Python, C++, Java.
- Strong computer science fundamentals skills in algorithms and data structures.
- Experience building production distributed systems on Amazon Web Services using systems like git, Docker, and Kubernetes.
- 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.
Preferred Qualifications:
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Generalist who can build complex fullstack software systems.
- Experience developing production level solutions using high performance computing languages.
- Experience with data engineering platforms, such as, Databricks and Snowflake.
- Ability to solve problems by writing efficient working code, even when given incomplete or ambiguous requirements.
- Excellent written and verbal interpersonal skills, with the ability to work with and communicate complex systems to a diverse user base.
- Experience leading software projects 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.
- Experience working with or in Data Science/MLOPS teams.
Don’t meet every single requirement? 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 qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
Compensation range for on site CO applicants
Engineer - SW Development II is $99,000 - $145,200
Engineer - SW Development III is $123,750 - $181,500
Engineer - SW Development III is $123,750 - $181,500
Compensation range for on site WA applicants
Engineer- SW Development II is $108,000-$158,400
Engineer- SW Development III is $135,000-$198,000
Engineer- SW Development III is $135,000-$198,000
Compensation range for on site CA applicants
Engineer- SW Development II is $108,000-$158,400
Engineer- SW Development III is $135,000-$198,000
Engineer- SW Development III is $135,000-$198,000
Other site ranges may differ
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.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Blue Origin is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and is committed to attracting, retaining, and developing a highly qualified, diverse, and dedicated work force. Blue Origin hires and promotes people on the basis of their qualifications, performance, and abilities. We support the establishment and maintenance of a workplace that fosters trust, equality, and teamwork, in which all employees recognize and appreciate the diversity of individual team members. We provide all qualified applicants for employment and employees with equal opportunities for hire, promotion, and other terms and conditions of employment, regardless of their race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin/ethnicity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status, or any other status or characteristic protected by federal, state, and/or local law. Blue Origin will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws.
Blue Origin will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the Washington Fair Chance Act, Los Angeles Fair Chance in Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws.
Affirmative Action and Disability Accommodation
Applicants wishing to receive information on Blue Origin’s Affirmative Action Plans, or applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in the application and/or interview process, please contact us at
EEOCompliance@blueorigin.com
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Benefits
Employee Benefits include: Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, short and long-term disability and 401(k) with up to 5% company match.
Paid Time Off: Provides up to 4 weeks per year, in addition to 14 holidays
Discretionary bonus programs
