Software Development Engineer III

About the role

This role is part of Enterprise Technology (ET), where we're developing the digital infrastructure needed to build the road to space, with an emphasis on digital capabilities required to advance Blue Origin’s mission.

Responsibilities

• Develop & implement new user experience for tools and applications that enable manufacturing teams to automate existing processes and standardize on performance-based benchmarks.
• Contribute to the design, implementation, and deployment of successful enterprise-scale systems and services in support of operations and the businesses they support.
• Design and implement user interface for machine connectivity and data pipelines from Machines/Tools/ equipment using MTConnect, OPC UA, and MQTT; contextualize with MES/ERP/QMS/PLM data.
• Leverage AI technologies and tools (e.g., LLMs, computer vision models) to enhance software capabilities, improve automation, and drive innovation in enterprise applications.
• Produce quality user documentation for defining integrations between enterprise-level applications.
• Build web applications for manufacturing engineers for scheduling, dispatching, redlining, and issue resolution.
• Audit and optimize cloud services; containerize edge and cloud services; automate deployments across environments; ensure observability and reliability.
• Identify feature gaps between enterprise systems and develop remediation plans.
• Share knowledge in performance, scalability, enterprise system architecture, and engineering standard methodologies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Science, Mechanical/Manufacturing Engineering, or related field; or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of experience with a front-end web technology such as React, Vue, Angular, OR similar.
• Strong understanding of software engineering principles and the ability to translate domain expertise into applications.
• Primary language proficiency in one of: Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, C#, or Java.
• Proven development experience with React, Python, FastAPI, AWS, Spring Boot, and Node.js.
• Experience with IoT Core, ELB, Lambda, CloudWatch, S3, Docker, EKS/ECS, Datadog, and Rancher/Kubernetes.
• Experience in event-driven messaging/streaming (e.g., MQTT, Kafka, Kinesis).
• Experience developing APIs and building production applications; strong SQL/database skills.
• Cloud expertise (AWS, Azure, GCP); GitOps, IaC (Terraform/CloudFormation), container orchestration, and edge deployment strategies.
• Solid understanding of version control systems and managing code/data/artifact lifecycles.
• Strong collaboration, ownership, and communication skills; bias for delivering high-quality results.
• Experience solving complex problems by leveraging AI tools and integrating AI-powered solutions into software development workflows.
• Ability to take technical ownership, step in to help team members as needed, collaborate with team members to identify, and fix technical problems.

Desired Experience

• Using code assistants such as Copilot or Aider.
• Experience with serverless computing and event-driven architectures.
• Familiarity with containerization tools (e.g., Docker or equivalent experience) and orchestration systems (e.g., Kubernetes).
• Familiarity with automation test frameworks such as Selenium, Cypress, Junit.
• Understanding of ERP, MES, QMS, PLM, and other manufacturing software; integrating a complete digital thread.
• Interest in developing innovative systems for manufacturing leveraging IIoT, AI/ML and data engineering.