Hawthorne, CA

Principal Software Engineer (Application Software)

USD 210K–340K / yearHybridStaffSoftware engineering (general)

C#GolangJavaJavaScriptPythonSQLScalaTerraformAnsibleKafkaRabbitMQDocker

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Principal Software Engineer (Application Software) is an open role at SpaceX, a company in manufacturing and hardware. The role is hybrid, based in Hawthorne, United States. We classify it under software engineering (general). Technologies named in the posting: Terraform, Ansible, Kafka, RabbitMQ, Docker and Kubernetes. It asks for 7+ years of experience. SpaceX has 555 open positions on this site, 106 of them in IT and engineering.

Posted today · Last checked 2026-11-04

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Manufacturing and hardware Non-tech company with an IT team 555 open positions, 19% in IT and engineering. Most open roles: Non-software engineering and technicians (193), Operations and admin (115), Software engineering (general) (68).

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Workplace	Hybrid
Seniority	Staff
Role	Software engineering (general)
Countries	United States
Languages	C#GolangJavaJavaScriptPythonSQLScala
Key facts	Stack: C#, Golang, Java, JavaScript, Python, SQL, Scala, Terraform, Ansible, Kafka, RabbitMQ, Docker · Experience: 7+ years

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