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What SpaceX asks for in software and data roles at tech companies · Space tech · 29 roles · 90 days to Oct 15, 2026

Updated

29 roles counted in the window, one per title and level; 507 postings open now.

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In short

At SpaceX, software engineer roles are the largest group: 6 of 29 roles at tech companies in the 90 days to Oct 15, 2026, then security engineer (5) and data engineer (4). Python is required most often, in 15 of 29 roles whose requirements we read, then C++ (10) and C (6).

What the postings ask for

Out of the 29 roles whose requirements we could read, of 29 in all. Too few to show shares, so we show counts.

Required
SkillRoles asking
Python
15 of 29
C++
10 of 29
C
6 of 29
Distributed Systems
5 of 29
Go
5 of 29
Operating Systems
4 of 29
Rust
4 of 29
SQL
4 of 29
Networking
3 of 29
AI
2 of 29
Preferred
SkillRoles asking
Kubernetes
7 of 29
Python
7 of 29
C#
6 of 29
CI/CD
6 of 29
TCP/IP
6 of 29
Data Visualization
5 of 29
Docker
5 of 29
Git
5 of 29
Networking
5 of 29
AI Agents
4 of 29

Experience

Asked most often: 5–7 years, 8 of 26.

Of the 26 roles that state years

Under 1 year
0 of 26
1 year
6 of 26
2 years
3 of 26
3–4 years
7 of 26
5–7 years
8 of 26
8–9 years
1 of 26
10+ years
1 of 26

Degree

10 of 29 require a degree, and 19 more accept experience instead.

Of the 29 roles we could read for it

Required
10 of 29
Required, or experience instead
19 of 29
Preferred
0 of 29
Not mentioned
0 of 29

Pay and remote work

Of the 29 roles we could read for it

Roles stating pay
0 of 29
Remote roles
0 of 29

Roles here

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Open postings (507)

Newest first

The 20 newest of 507 open postings. Every one is on the jobs pages.

Source: SpaceX careers (Greenhouse). Each posting opens our summary, with a link to the original.

How we count: 29 roles in the 90 days to Oct 15, 2026, each role counted once however many boards post it. Methodology