Principal Software Engineer – Supply Chain Technology

About the role

This role is part of Blue Origin Operations, which includes Integrated Supply Chain, Test Operations, Safety, Quality, and Mission Assurance. The role involves developing and leading the technical strategy for the Supply Chain Technology organization.

Responsibilities

• Write high-quality, efficient, and maintainable code in languages like Java, Python, and Javascript.
• Craft and build web interfaces in frameworks such as React and Angular.
• Champion operational excellence by reducing technical debt, maintaining low ticket counts, ensuring high availability, minimizing mean time to recovery, and implementing extensive monitoring and alarms.
• Lead technical design reviews across the organization building repeatable processes and mechanisms to scale design and delivery of software.
• AI Strategy Lead: AI guidelines for software development, establishing and refining standards and ensuring our software organization maintains a high standard for responsible use. Identify and implement novel applications of AI to cultivate a more efficient software engineering org.
• Business Ownership: Collaborate directly with business partners to understand and solve their technical challenges. Present sophisticated technical strategies to Supply Chain and Manufacturing leadership and advocate for engineering stability and process standardization.
• Leadership: Extensively mentor software developers up to the Senior SDE level.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• 12+ years of experience writing and deploying software in production environments.
• Proven ability to proactively identify problems that are not yet realized where a path to the optimal solution is not clear, and to deliver scalable solutions.
• Consistent track record of proactively identifying, pursuing and resolving org-wide challenges, without direction from management.
• Established background in researching and incorporating modern AI/ML tools.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience presenting to senior leadership, at or above the Vice President level.
• Experience mentoring software engineers, including Senior Engineers.
• Deep passion for aerospace and Blue Origin’s mission.

Qualifications

• Minimum qualifications include a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field and 12+ years of experience writing and deploying software in production environments.
• Proven ability to proactively identify problems that are not yet realized where a path to the optimal solution is not clear, and to deliver scalable solutions.
• Consistent track record of proactively identifying, pursuing and resolving org-wide challenges, without direction from management.
• Established background in researching and incorporating modern AI/ML tools.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience presenting to senior leadership, at or above the Vice President level.
• Experience mentoring software engineers, including Senior Engineers.
• Deep passion for aerospace and Blue Origin’s mission.

Skills

• Experience in design engineering manufacturing, supply chain, test and flight software and/or aerospace.

Benefits

• 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%.
• 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.
• Depending 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.

Pay

For WA applicants is $230,773.00 - $323,081.85

Schedule

Not specified