Senior Software Development Engineer

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At Blue Origin, we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. We're 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!

Are you driven to build the software platform that empowers teams to innovate faster and reach higher? Join Blue Origin's Platform Shared Services team as a Senior Software Development Engineer, where you'll design and deliver highly scalable, reusable services that serve as the foundation for applications across our company. Your work will drive rapid application development, enabling engineering, operations, and business teams to build, iterate, and create breakthrough solutions with unprecedented speed and reliability.

In this key role, you will:

• Lead and Innovate: Architect, develop, and deploy robust, high-availability shared services-leveraging your expertise in modern frameworks and languages such as Java, Python, and JavaScript. Constantly seek creative solutions to enable new capabilities and remove bottlenecks for application teams.

• Own end-to-end Technical Solutions: Deliver and operate critical platform services, collaborating with architects, engineers, and stakeholders to solve complex technical challenges and accelerate safe human spaceflight.

• Champion Engineering Excellence: Set and uphold the highest standards around scalability, security, and reliability while mentoring peers and driving best practices across the organization.

• Empower Teams: Collaborate broadly, share knowledge, and help improve how we conceive, design, and deliver shared platform capabilities-amplifying the velocity and innovation of all application teams.

If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, love solving challenging engineering problems, and are inspired by our mission to enable millions of people to live and work in space to benefit Earth, we want you on our team. Aerospace experience is not required-bring your technical mastery, your drive to innovate, and your passion for impact.

Accelerate your career, empower application teams to do their best work, and build the software platform that powers the next generation of human spaceflight.

Qualifications:

• At least 7 years of relevant experience writing software and deploying it to a production environment.

• Proficiency in at least one statically typed language (e.g., Java or C) and one dynamically typed language (e.g., Python or JavaScript).

• Understanding of microservices architecture and containerization standard methodologies.

• Deep working knowledge of computer science fundamentals like algorithms and common data structures

• Ability to solve problems by writing efficient working code, even when given incomplete or ambiguous requirements

• Proven success in delivering software projects from inception to launch.

• Strong written and verbal interpersonal skills, with the ability to work with and communicate complex systems to a varying user base

• Experience mentoring software engineers in a team setting, including architecture, design, and code review

• Experience in monitoring and logging practices to maintain system performance.

• Experience in supporting business-critical services 24/7 via on-call rotation.

• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion

• Ability to handle ambiguity and make informed decisions with limited information.

• 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

Desired Skills:

• Experience creating rich user interfaces in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, using frameworks like React.

• Experience deploying applications to container orchestration platforms like Kubernetes or similar systems.

• Familiarity with cloud service providers (AWS, GCP, Azure) and their respective services for deploying and scaling applications.

• Knowledge in CI/CD pipelines and automated testing frameworks to ensure smooth production deployments.

• Proficient in security standard methodologies for software deployment in distributed environments.

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Culture Statement

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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 U.S.as a refugee or granted asylum.

Background Check

• Required for all positions: Blue's Standard Background Check

• Required for Certain Job Profiles: Defense Biometric Identification System (DBIDS) background check if at any time the role requires one to be on a military installation

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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.

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

• Discretionary bonus: Bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results.

• Eligibility for benefits varies by role type, please check with your recruiter for a comprehensive list of the benefits available for this role.

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