Blue Origin

Software Engineer II

Blue Origin$123K — $173K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 2+ Years of Experience as a Software Developer
  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field
  • Proven expertise in Python, TypeScript, Ruby, C# or similar
  • Demonstrated ownership of services/products
  • Back-end skills in web server & API creation
  • Front-end skills in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, data visualization
  • Database proficiency in SQL and database design
  • Excellent communication and problem-solving skills

Responsibilities

  • Design and develop scalable reporting, dashboards and RESTful services
  • Participate in automating processes for engineering reports
  • Develop analytical data models for standardized metrics
  • Maintain documentation and data dictionaries
  • Collaborate with partners on reporting and integration requirements
  • Manage day-to-day communication with various teams

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision insurance
  • Paid parental leave
  • 401(k) with a company match up to 5%
  • Stock options for all regular employees
  • Up to four weeks paid time off and 14 company-paid holidays
  • Education support program
Full Job Description

Application close date:

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.

This role is part of Advanced Concepts and Enterprise Engineering (ACE), supporting Blue Origin’s mission of millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. The team fosters innovation and drives engineering workflows of the future, shared solutions and standards, simplicity and lower costs, and manufacturable design.

We are a team of collaborators, doers, and problem-solvers who are relentlessly committed to a culture of safety. This position will directlyimpactthe history of space exploration and will requireyour commitment and attention to detail toward safe and repeatable space flight.Join us in lowering the cost of access to space and enabling Blue Origin’s vision of millions of people living and working in space tobenefitEarth.

As aSoftware Engineer II, you will join a team of passionate software platform engineers, responsible for building andmaintainingdistributed services and UIs for distributed platforms intended to efficiently drive quality, schedule,and configuration management standards used daily by our engineers to design Blue’s avionics hardware and software. This role will propel the reliable operation of the company and strengthen the value of automation and data-driven decision making in modern aerospace.

We are looking for someone to apply their technicalexpertiseand commitment to quality to positivelyimpactsafe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision isrequired!

What makes our team successful?

  • Deeplycomprehendour customers27 problems and work to address them

  • Passionate about data quality and trust

  • Balance the needs of various customers 6 from compliance and standardization with those who requireflexibilityand speed

  • Knowledge of data storytelling and visualization, with a demonstrable record of driving adoption through crafting productsthat people want to use.


Responsibilities:

  • Design and develop scalable reporting, dashboards and RESTful services using Python, Typescript,SQL, and other tools

  • Participate inthedevelopment of automated processes to integrate disparate systems to generate engineering level reporting suitable for engineers and decision makers ofdifferent backgrounds

  • Develop analytical data models that support standardized metrics

  • Develop andmaintaindocumentation, run books, datadictionariesand 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

Qualifications:

  • 2+ Years of Experience Working as a Software Developerin a professionalenvironment

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Scienceor a related field, or experiencecommensuratewith education requirements

  • Provenexpertisein Python, TypeScript, Ruby,C#or other general purpose programming language

  • Demonstrated ownership of services or internal or external products

  • Back-endexpertise: 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)

  • Databaseproficiency: 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 andhigh levelof accuracy

  • Self-starter, strong bias for action

Desired:

  • 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


Base Pay Range for:

CO applicants is $123,714.00 - $173,199.60 WA applicants is $134,961.00 - $188,945.40

Other site ranges may differ


Culture Statement

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.


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 company27s intent to reward individual contributions and enable them to share in the company27s results, or other factors at the company27s 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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3,000 employees
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Founded
2000

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