Principal Software Engineer (Platform Team)
Core
Architecting and scaling the foundational tooling, security infrastructure, and AI platform that empowers every team at SpaceX to harness AI effectively.
Role type
Principal Software Engineer (Platform Team)
Builds
Secure, scalable gateways, proxy systems, and shared infrastructure for AI integration across the organization.
Domain
Aerospace / AI Infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Technical vision, system architecture, strategic leadership, large-scale compute management, security engineering, risk mitigation, cross-functional collaboration
Preferred skills
Experience with frontier AI models, Docker containerization, cloud compute providers, automated code review tools
Technologies
Docker, cloud compute providers, frontier model providers
Responsibilities
Define and drive the long-term technical vision and architecture for SpaceX's AI platform and security infrastructure; Lead high-impact initiatives with full ownership over strategy, design, implementation, and successful company-wide rollout; Oversee onboarding of frontier models, massive compute scaling, and continuous optimization of proxy systems for security, efficiency, logging, and control; Lead adoption efforts at scale — establishing standards, mentoring senior engineers, building reusable assets, and driving cultural change toward AI-first workflows; Proactively identify and execute on the highest-leverage opportunities to turn ideas into production software, trained models, and automated systems with managed, reliable compute; Invent and scale advanced risk-mitigation capabilities (AI code review, automated PR tools, safety systems) that protect and accelerate the business; Establish best practices and technical direction for lean, secure, and maximally effective applied AI across the company
Seniority
Principal, strategy & mentorship