SDE III for Manufacturing Systems (AI)

Location: Greater Seattle Area, United States. U.S. citizenship or nationality, permanent residency, or lawful admission as a refugee or asylee is required.

Base pay for Washington applicants: $164,652.00–$230,512.80 annually; other site ranges may differ.

Company

hirify.global develops reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems, with this role supporting manufacturing and supply chain operations across its facilities.

What you will do

• Design, build, operate, and support backend infrastructure for internal manufacturing applications, including databases, data models, services, authentication, deployment, monitoring, maintenance, access control, and data integrity.
• Develop integrations through APIs with engineering, business, PLM, work-management, documentation, and manufacturing execution systems.
• Translate product roadmaps and ambiguous problem statements into technical solutions, evaluate trade-offs, and deliver software independently.
• Design internal-tool user experiences from wireframes and workflows through implementation, replacing spreadsheet-based processes with maintainable software.
• Apply AI capabilities including LLM integration, retrieval over internal data, agentic workflows, evaluation, and responsible-use standards; coach engineers and program managers on AI-assisted practices.
• Write documentation, runbooks, and handoff materials while meeting security, data-handling, and export-control requirements.

Requirements

• B.S. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of professional software development experience, including ownership of production applications and their backend systems.
• Strong Python and TypeScript or JavaScript skills, plus working proficiency in at least one additional language such as Go, C#, Java, or C++.
• Experience with database-backed applications, relational schema design, SQL, migrations, and REST or GraphQL API design.
• Experience deploying and maintaining production applications, including CI/CD, containers, monitoring, and backups.
• Foundational knowledge of modern AI systems, including LLMs, prompt and context design, retrieval-augmented generation, and AI-output limitations and failure modes.
• Ability to work independently from a roadmap or problem statement, make decisions under ambiguity, communicate trade-offs, and maintain professional relationships.
• Experience with Git-based version control, code review, and automated testing.
• Must meet the stated U.S. citizenship, permanent-residency, refugee, or asylum eligibility requirement.

Nice to have

• Production experience with LLM APIs or agent frameworks, including tool use, evaluation, and guardrails.
• Experience coaching or mentoring engineers and non-engineers.
• MES experience, including systems such as Siemens Opcenter, First Resonance ION, Epsilon3, Manufactoro, i-Base T Solumina, or Apriso.
• User experience design skills, manufacturing or aerospace experience, and integrations with PLM, Atlassian, or MES APIs.
• Full-stack development with React, Next.js, or similar frameworks using PostgreSQL, SQL Server, or SQLite.
• Data engineering or analytics experience, cloud or on-premises infrastructure experience, and a track record of taking loosely defined problems through adopted solutions.

Culture & Benefits

• Safety, collaboration, inclusion, trust, equality, and teamwork are emphasized.
• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, paid parental leave, short- and long-term disability, and an education support program.
• 401(k) with company match of up to 5% and stock options for regular employees working at least 20 hours per week.
• Up to four weeks of paid time off per year based on scheduled hours and up to 14 company-paid holidays.
• Standard background checks are required; additional checks may apply to certain job profiles.

Hiring process

• Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.
• Applicants may contact EEOCompliance@blueorigin.com for reasonable accommodation during the application or interview process.