Sr Principal Software Engineering - Enterprise Technology

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. Enterprise Technology is the center of excellence for digital technology at Blue Origin, providing oversight and governance to align technology and business strategies.

Responsibilities

• Technical owner of software strategy across multiple domains.
• Directly interface with customers to solve their technical challenges.
• Present complex technical strategies to senior leadership, including Senior Vice Presidents and potentially the CEO.
• Collaborate with Principal Engineers and software development leaders to architect, design, and execute our ambitious technical roadmap.
• Identify and implement novel applications of AI to enhance user experiences and software development efficiency.
• Lead AI best practices for Software development establishing and continuing to develop best practices for harnessing engineering allowing AI agents to work at scale in production.
• Promote software best practices across the entire organization including CI/CD, modular architectures, comprehensive testing, scalable systems, etc.
• Lead technical design reviews across the organization building repeatable processes and mechanisms to scale design and delivery of software.
• Develops technical influence as an internal and industry subject-matter expert, as exemplified by IP invention, internal or external publications, and leadership roles.
• Drives operational excellence initiatives across the company, including areas where the company's processes or technology strategy are stifling innovation or slowing the pace of delivery.
• Extensively mentor software developers up to the Principal SDE level.

Requirements

• Has a record of technical decisions that held up at scale over time.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 15+ years of experience writing and deploying software in production environments.
• 7+ years of experience developing distributed backend systems and utilizing cloud services such as AWS.
• Proven ability to solve complex, ambiguous problems in unfamiliar domains.
• Proven ability to proactively identify problems that no one has yet identified where a path to the optimal solution is not clear.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience presenting to senior leadership, at or above the Vice President level.
• Proven record of proactively identifying, pursuing and resolving org-wide challenges, without direction from your direct manager.
• Strong passion for aerospace and Blue Origin’s mission.

Qualifications

• Experience in design engineering manufacturing, supply chain, test and flight software and/or aerospace.
• Experience researching and incorporating modern AI/ML tools.

Skills

• Leadership skills.
• Strategic thinking.
• Problem-solving skills.
• Technical expertise.
• Communication skills.
• Project management skills.
• Collaboration skills.

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.

Pay

Base Pay Range For WA applicants is $264,103.00 - $369,743.85

Schedule

Not specified