Sr SW Engineer

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At Blue Origin we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. Were working to develop reusable safe and low-cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety collaboration and inclusion. Join our team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight!

Responsibilities:

Full-Stack Development (Primary Focus):

• Develop full-stack web applications to support design engineering manufacturing and production
• Create modern front-end applications using TypeScript React and CSS frameworks (Tailwind Material UI)
• Build and maintain RESTful and GraphQL APIs using
• Design and implement efficient scalable application architectures

Data Pipeline Development (Secondary Focus):

• Ingest data from source systems using REST GraphQL SQL and streaming platforms
• Build batch and streaming data transformation pipelines
• Design and implement database schemas (relational and NoSQL)
• Store and serve data through APIs OLTP databases and data lakes

Technical Leadership:

• Own multiple systems and projects of significant technical depth driving design delivery and planning of improvements
• Define technical roadmaps for owned systems
• Proactively identify cross-system improvements and lead their implementation
• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers through code reviews and pair programming
• Identify opportunities for improved algorithms data structures and system design
• Interface with internal customers to assess requirements and deliver solutions

Operations:

• Maintain CI/CD pipelines and deployments (GitLab Kubernetes/EKS)
• Participate in on-call rotation to support production applications
• Create and maintain project plans using Jira
• Attend daily standups and contribute to team planning

Location:Onsite in Seattle WA or Huntsville AL

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Scienceor equivalent work experience
• 10 years of professional software engineering experienceincluding:
  • Building production web applications withReact & TypeScript
  • Creating REST APIs with
  • Designing normalizeddatabase schemasand writingSQL queries
  • Deploying applications tocloud infrastructure(AWS preferred)
  • Implementing appropriatedata structures & algorithms
  • Leading projectsandmentoringengineers
  • Buildingdata transformation pipelines

Desired Qualifications:

Front-End:

• Experience with D3 server-side rendering and responsive design

Data Engineering:

• Batch processing (Spark)
• Streaming event-driven services (Kafka Flink)
• Data lake technologies (Delta Lake or Iceberg)
• NoSQL databases
• Data Modeling (Data Vault Medallion)

Infrastructure & DevOps:

• Kubernetes deployments (EKS)
• AWS services (RDS EKS S3 CloudWatch ECS MSK Glue)
• CI/CD pipeline development
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)

Backend:

• Java and Spring Boot development

Domain Knowledge:

• Manufacturing operations logistics or aerospace engineering domains

Compensation Range for:

Other site ranges may differ

Culture Statement

Dont meet all desired requirements 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 an authentic workplace so if youre excited about this role but your past experience doesnt align perfectly with every desired qualification in the job description we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

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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 a refugee or granted asylum.

Background Check

• Required for all positions: Blues Standard Background Check

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Benefits

• Benefits include: Medical dental vision basic and supplemental life insurance paid parental leave short and long-term disability 401(k) with a company match of up to 5% and an Education Support Program.

• Stock Options for all regular employees (working at least 20 hours/week)

• Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours and up to 14 company-paid holidays.

• Dependent on role type and job level employees may be eligible for benefits and bonuses based on the companys intent to reward individual contributions and enable them to share in the companys results or other factors at the companys sole discretion. Bonus amounts and eligibility are not guaranteed and subject to change and cancellation. Please check with your recruiter for more details.

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