Software Engineer III

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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!

As part of a small, passionate and accomplished team of experts, you will support the development of best-in-class software applications that drive increased efficiency that supports program execution within the Blue Engines business unit. You will understand and identify improvements within our business and transform them into requirements for our team of developers to build solutions that improve our program execution. You will lead all aspects of the complete delivery of tools and coordinate all aspects of tool deployment.

As a software engineer, you will apply your expertise to the aerospace applications of engineering design, manufacturing, supply chain, mission operations, and customer experience.

We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills, and commitment to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required!

Note: We do not allow the use of AI assisted interviewing tools, screen readers, or listening devices during our interview process. Our goal is to learn more about you as a candidate and assess your fit for our department through genuine interactions and conversations. Thank you for your cooperation.

Responsibilities:

Full-Stack Development (Primary Focus):

• Develop and maintain full-stack web applications to support design engineering, manufacturing, and production for Blue Origin rocket engines
• Build front-end features using TypeScript, React, and CSS frameworks (Tailwind, Material UI)
• Create and maintain RESTful API's and RPC's using Node.js
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code

Data Pipeline Development (Secondary Focus):

• Ingest data from source systems using REST, GraphQL, and SQL
• Build data transformation pipelines for batch and streaming processing
• Work with relational databases and write efficient SQL queries
• Implement data models based on technical specifications

Collaboration & Growth:

• Work with senior engineers to design and implement features
• Participate in code reviews and incorporate feedback
• Own a system or ongoing project, driving design, delivery, and planning of improvements
• Proactively identify and address technical debt and improvements
• Interface with internal customers to understand requirements
• Contribute to technical discussions and architecture decisions

Operations:

• Support CI/CD pipelines and deployments (GitLab, Kubernetes/EKS)
• Participate in on-call rotation with team support
• Track work and update tasks in Jira
• Attend daily standups and sprint planning meetings

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience
• 5-7 years of professional software engineering experience including:
  • Building web applications with React & TypeScript (or similar modern frameworks)
  • Creating APIs with Node.js (or similar backend frameworks)
  • Working with relational databases and writing SQL queries
  • Deploying applications to cloud infrastructure
  • Using Git for version control and collaboration
  • Understanding of data structures & algorithms fundamentals

Preferred Qualifications:

Front-End:

• Experience with Next.js or other React frameworks
• Familiarity with component libraries (Material UI, Tailwind)

Backend & Data:

• Experience building data pipelines or ETL processes
• Exposure to streaming platforms (Kafka) or batch processing (Spark)
• Working with NoSQL databases
• Experience working with data warehouses and data lakes (Delta Lake or Iceberg)

Infrastructure & DevOps:

• Deploying applications on AWS (EC2, RDS, ECS, EKS, S3, MSK, Glue)
• Working with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes)
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines

Other:

• Java and Spring Boot development
• Manufacturing, operations, or aerospace domain knowledge

Compensation Range for:

Other site ranges may differ

Culture Statement

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Background Check

• Required for all positions: Blue's 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.

• 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 company's intent to reward individual contributions and enable them to share in the company's results, or other factors at the company's 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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