About the Role
This role is part of the Blue Origin Engines business unit, focusing on the design, development, manufacturing, and testing of engines and propulsion systems. The engines are built for multiple uses and power the next generation of rockets for commercial, civil, national security, and human spaceflight.
Responsibilities
- 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.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience.
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
- 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.
- Applicants must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident, or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
- Ability to obtain and maintain Merchant Mariner Credential, which includes pre-employment and random drug testing as well as DOT physical.
Skills
- TypeScript
- React
- Next.js
- CSS frameworks
- Tailwind
- Material UI
- Node.js
- RESTful APIs
- GraphQL APIs
- SQL
- Spark
- Kafka
- Flink
- Delta Lake
- Iceberg
- NoSQL databases
- Data Vault
- Medallion
- Kubernetes
- EKS
- AWS
- RDS
- S3
- CloudWatch
- ECS
- MSK
- Glue
- CI/CD pipeline development
- Terraform
- Java
- Spring Boot
- Manufacturing domain knowledge
- Operations domain knowledge
- Logistics domain knowledge
- Aerospace engineering domain knowledge
Experience Level
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience
Salary/Compensations
- WA applicants is $164,652.00 - $230,512.80
Benefits
- 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%
- 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
- up to 14 company-paid holidays
About the Company
- 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!
Equal Opportunity
- Blue Origin is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and is committed to attracting, retaining, and developing a highly qualified and dedicated work force.
- Blue Origin hires and promotes people on the basis of their qualifications, performance, and abilities.
- We support the establishment and maintenance of a workplace that fosters trust, equality, and teamwork.
- We provide all qualified applicants for employment and employees with equal opportunities for hire, promotion, and other terms and conditions of employment, regardless of their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin/ethnicity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status, or any other status or characteristic protected by federal, state, and/or local law.
- Blue Origin will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws, including the Washington Fair Chance Act, the California Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles Fair Chance in Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws.
- Applicants wishing to receive information on Blue Origin’s Affirmative Action Plans, or applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in the application and/or interview process, please contact us at EEOCompliance@blueorigin.com.
