Blue Origin

Senior Software Development Engineer, DevOps and Network Software Infrastructure

Blue Origin$197K — $276K *
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
  • 5+ years in software engineering, DevOps, or site reliability.
  • Proficient in Python, Go, Rust, or Java programming languages.
  • Experience with CI/CD systems like GitHub Actions or Jenkins.
  • Familiarity with infrastructure automation tools such as Terraform or Ansible.

Responsibilities

  • Architect and manage CI/CD infrastructure for multiple software teams.
  • Create automated pipelines for build, test, and deployment processes.
  • Develop infrastructure as code for various environments.
  • Set up testing environments with network emulation andsimulation capabilities.
  • Establish release management systems for traceability of software.
  • Implement observability tools for monitoring system health and performance.
  • Collaborate with teams to define software deployment and validation protocols.
  • Enhance engineering efficiency and reliability through automation and tools.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Life insurance options and disability coverage.
  • 401(k) plan with up to 5% company match.
  • Stock options for all employees working over 20 hours/week.
  • Generous paid time off and company holidays.
Full Job Description
Application close date:
Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.

About This Role

As a Senior Software Development Engineer focused on DevOps and Network Software Infrastructure for TeraWave, you design and build the engineering systems that enable development, integration, validation, deployment, and operation of a next generation global satellite communications network. You develop the platforms, automation, and deployment frameworks used by networking, SDN, MAC, ground infrastructure, and platform software teams. This includes CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, automated test environments, network and constellation simulation infrastructure, software artifact management, deployment orchestration, observability, and operational tooling. This role builds the foundation that allows hundreds of engineers to safely deliver software into a large scale, geographically distributed network.

Responsibilities
  • Architect, build, and operate CI/CD infrastructure supporting networking, SDN, MAC, platform, and ground software teams.
  • Develop automated build, test, packaging, release, and deployment pipelines for globally distributed PoPs, gateways, and edge systems.
  • Build infrastructure as code and configuration management frameworks for reproducible deployment across cloud, data center, and lab environments.
  • Develop integration and test environments incorporating network emulation, topology simulation, traffic generation, and failure injection testing.
  • Design artifact, versioning, and release management systems providing traceability from source code through production deployment and rollback.
  • Build observability tooling for metrics, logs, traces, network telemetry, deployment health, alerting, and automated diagnostics.
  • Partner with SDN, ground networking, platform, security, and systems engineering teams to define deployment and validation requirements.
  • Improve engineering velocity and production reliability through automation, developer tooling, and standardized deployment patterns.


Basic Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
  • 5 or more years of software engineering, DevOps, platform, infrastructure, or site reliability experience.
  • Software development experience in one or more languages such as Python, Go, Rust, or Java.
  • Experience building and operating production CI/CD systems such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or Argo CD.
  • Experience with infrastructure automation using Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes, Helm, or equivalent configuration management systems.


Preferred Qualifications
  • 7 or more years building software infrastructure for large scale distributed, telecommunications, or mission critical systems.
  • Experience supporting Linux based distributed systems and diagnosing complex failures across applications, networks, and infrastructure.
  • Understanding of IP networking, routing protocols, IP/MPLS, Segment Routing, software defined networking, and network automation.
  • Experience deploying software across geographically distributed fleets requiring staged deployment, configuration consistency, and rollback.
  • Experience with GitOps, immutable infrastructure, software supply chain security, secrets management, and deployment controls.
  • Experience building network test infrastructure using traffic generators, virtual topologies, emulators, simulators, or digital twins.


Don't have all the listed qualifications? Blue Origin is committed to building a diverse team. If you meet the basic qualifications and are excited about this role, we encourage you to apply.

Base Pay Range for:
WA applicants is $197,529.00 - $276,539.55

Other site ranges may differ

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.
  • Stock Options for all regular employees (working at least 20 hours/week)
  • 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.

About Blue Origin

Blue Origin is an aerospace company that develops rockets and spacecraft for commercial and government customers. The company's products include the New Shepard suborbital vehicle and the New Glenn orbital rocket. Blue Origin was founded in 2000 by Jeff Bezos and is headquartered in Kent, Washington.
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Founded
2000

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