Principal Software Engineer (Platform Team)

Tech Stack

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.
• Invent and scale advanced risk-mitigation capabilities such as AI code review, automated PR tools, and safety systems.

Soft Skills

Benefits

• Health Insurance

Culture

Requirements