Staff Software Engineer, Relativity Space
Full Stack
$181-248.5k
Office located in Long Beach, CA
Aerospace manufacturer of 3D printed rockets
Open for applications
Aerospace manufacturer of 3D printed rockets
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$181-248.5k
Office located in Long Beach, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
To upgrade humanity’s industrial base on Earth and on Mars.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Experience developing and shipping production-quality software with real-world operational constraints
- Proficient in whatever languages and tools you love most, and willing to learn new ones
- Ability to independently identify, scope, design, and execute software projects
- Understanding of databases, pipelines, and platforms, and how to write software that interacts with them
- Experience designing in collaboration with non-software stakeholders
Desirable
- Experience developing software for robotics or additive manufacturing applications
- Familiarity with Robot Operating System (ROS)
- Prior experience in a small company or startup where you owned software end-to-end
What the job involves
- We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer with broad technical skills and a hands-on mindset to develop and own the crucial backend software infrastructure that connects robotics software, data platform, machine learning, and digital twin of our Stargate autonomous additive manufacturing platform
- This role is ideal for a software engineer who thrives in cross-functional environments, enjoys owning full projects from design to deployment, and is comfortable navigating ambiguity in a fast-moving R&D setting
- You’ll contribute to the core software infrastructure that connects edge hardware, ML inference systems, real-time process monitoring tools, and visualization platforms
- You'll work closely with robotics, data, ML, and infrastructure engineers to develop clean, reliable, and maintainable software that integrates tightly with hardware and real-world processes
- As a member of Horizon's Data Platform team, you'll develop user-facing applications, APIs, and Create/Read/Update/Delete services that expose data platform capabilities to end users
- Create backend services that integrate with data architectures and enable data consumption
- Develop frontend interfaces for data visualization, analytics, and platform management
- Deploy and maintain software in both edge and cloud environments
- Collaborate with robotics software engineers to integrate your software with the robotic operating system
- Contribute to internal tooling that improves developer productivity and system observability
Our take
Relativity Space has set out to build humanity’s multiplanetary future with its innovative 3D printed rockets. The company is at the forefront of software-defined manufacturing, combining 3D printing, AI, and autonomous robotics to create the “factory of the future.” By utilising 3D printing, Relativity has simplified its supply chain, building rockets in less than 60 days that require 100x fewer parts.
The company completed its flagship Terran 1 rocket and initial round of test flights in 2023. While the first launches technically failed, as the rocket failed to reach orbit, the attempt is still classified as a resounding success, as the rocket managed the highest stress state - Max-Q. The company is currently building its follow-up Terran R rocket, which is set for a debut launch in late 2026. While the company faces competition from SpaceX, Relativity Space’s cheaper and accelerated building process is well set to be a fierce competitor.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
9% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Dec 2025
$800m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Nov 2023
$20m
SERIES F
Total funding: $2.2bn
Company benefits
- Health, dental, and vision coverage
- Additional stipend for employee wellness
- 401(k)
- Equity
- 11 company holidays & generous PTO
- Monthly lunches, game nights, holiday celebrations, and offsite events
- Generous parental leave and provide a $10,000 stipend for fertility, adoption, and other family-building benefits
- $2,000 annual learning stipend
- Constant training opportunities, company Lunch and Learns, and access to industry conferences
Company HQ
Long Beach, CA
Leadership
Tim Ellis
(Co-Founder & Board Member)They are part of the National Space Council Users Advisory Group for The White House. Held a variety of positions at BLUE ORIGIN before Relativity Space was accepted into the YC W16 batch.
Jordan Noone
(Co-Founder & Executive Chairman)Former CTO of the company. Co-founder and current Executive Chairman at KittyCAD, and Co-Founder & General Partner at Embedded Ventures.
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