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Software Engineer II

Blue Origin

Seattle, WA
Full Time
Mid Level
121k-170k
7 days ago

Job Description

About the Role

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! This role is part of Advanced Concepts and Enterprise Engineering (ACE), supporting Blue Origin's mission of enabling space habitation and innovation in aerospace engineering. The team fosters innovation, drives engineering workflows of the future, and emphasizes safety, simplicity, and cost reduction. As an Aerospace Applications Software Engineer II, you will join a passionate team responsible for building and maintaining distributed services and UIs for platforms used by engineers to design avionics hardware and software, supporting safe human spaceflight and data-driven decision making.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design and develop scalable reporting, dashboards and RESTful services using Python, Typescript, SQL, and other tools
  • Participate in the development of automated processes to integrate disparate systems to generate engineering level reporting suitable for engineers and decision makers of different backgrounds
  • Develop analytical data models that support standardized metrics
  • Develop and maintain documentation, run books, data dictionaries and guides
  • Work with partners and domain specialists to generate reporting, application, and integration requirements
  • Maintain day-to-day workflow and communication with a variety of partners across the company

Requirements

  • 2+ Years of Experience Working as a Software Developer in a professional environment
  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related field, or experience commensurate with education requirements
  • Proven expertise in Python, TypeScript, Ruby, C# or other general purpose programming language
  • Demonstrated ownership of services or internal or external products
  • Back-end expertise: Creating web servers & APIs with Python, Node.js and/or other server-side web frameworks (e.g. Next.js, Ruby on Rails, Laravel, Django, Flask, etc)
  • Front-end skills: HTML, CSS, JavaScript (ES6, Typescript, JSX, React), UX/UI design, data visualization, front-end styling frameworks such as Tailwind, Material UI, Bootstrap, etc. fetching data from APIs (REST & GraphQL)
  • Database proficiency: Writing sophisticated SQL database queries with many joins in highly normalized databases, designing normalized database schemas
  • Excellent written communication and presentation skills
  • Analytical, organization, and problem-solving skills
  • Understanding of modern software practices such as version control systems, CI/CD workflows, test driven development
  • Attention to detail and high level of accuracy
  • Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion
  • Self-starter, strong bias for action
  • 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

Nice to Have

  • Experience with implementing Data Quality monitoring and alerting systems
  • Experience with hierarchical data structures and recursive processing techniques
  • Experience with JIRA, Gitlab and Confluence
  • Experience with near real time/micro batch data feeds
  • Experience working with Generative AI to process highly structured data and enable others to ask questions of the data
  • Knowledge of ETL tools and processes
  • Knowledge and experience with Linux, especially as applied to Docker
  • Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code and relevant technologies
  • Familiarity with AWS Services, especially S3, RDS, and EC2
  • Familiarity with Docker and container orchestration frameworks such as Kubernetes

Qualifications

  • Educational background in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience

Benefits & Perks

  • 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
  • Paid Time Off: Up to four weeks per year and up to 14 company-paid holidays
  • Discretionary bonus based on individual and company performance

Working at Blue Origin

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.

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Job Details

Posted AtJun 13, 2025
Salary121k-170k
Job TypeFull Time
ExperienceMid Level

About Blue Origin

Website

blueorigin.com

Company Size

10000+ employees

Location

Seattle, WA

Industry

Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing

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