Principal Software Engineer (Platform Team)
Core
Building foundational tooling, security infrastructure, and proxy systems to enable secure, scalable AI adoption across SpaceX's engineering teams.
Role type
Principal Software Engineer (Platform Team)
Builds
Secure gateways, proxy systems, and shared AI infrastructure for internal developer platforms
Domain
Aerospace / AI Infrastructure / MLOps
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
Large-scale platform architecture, AI/ML platform design, Docker/Kubernetes, zero-trust security, multi-cloud integrations, Python, infrastructure-as-code, observability
Preferred skills
Enterprise MLOps, distributed compute, model lifecycle management, technical leadership, mentoring, responsible AI practices
Responsibilities
Define long-term technical vision and architecture for AI platform; Lead high-impact initiatives with full ownership; Oversee onboarding of frontier models and compute scaling; Lead adoption efforts and establish standards; Execute on opportunities to turn ideas into production software and automated systems; Invent and scale risk-mitigation capabilities; Establish best practices for applied AI
Seniority
Principal, strategic leadership & hands-on architecture
