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. 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! 

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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience
• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience including:
  • Building production web applications with React & TypeScript
  • Creating REST APIs with Node.js
  • Designing normalized database schemas and writing SQL queries
  • Deploying applications to cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred)
  • Implementing appropriate data structures & algorithms
  • Leading projects and mentoring engineers
  • Building data transformation pipelines

• Experience with Next.js, D3, server-side rendering, and responsive design

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

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

• Java and Spring Boot development

• Manufacturing, operations, logistics, or aerospace engineering domains

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Don’t 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 you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t 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.