Software Development Engineer III

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At Blue Origin, we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. We’re working to develop reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion. Join our team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight!

Software Development Engineer III - Front-End (AI-Powered UI Platform)

About the Role:

We're a team of collaborators, doers, and problem-solvers relentlessly committed to a culture of safety and innovation. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and requires your dedication and keen attention to ensure safe and repeatable spaceflight. Join us in lowering the cost of access to space, fulfilling Blue Origin's vision of millions living and working in space to benefit Earth.

As part of our Enterprise Technology (ET) team, you will help build the digital infrastructure essential for building the road to space. This is a platform engineering role-you'll be building the thing that builds the thing.

Join our team as an SDE III Front-End Engineer building an AI-powered UI platform that connects enterprise data to user-defined, composable UIs. In this role, you will own critical subsystems of our front-end architecture, delivering declarative UI workflows, AI code-generation guardrails, and design system tooling that accelerates development across all of Blue Origin's engineering programs.

What You'll Work With

• React & React Native
• TypeScript
• GraphQL & REST APIs
• Domain-Specific Languages (DSL) & AST tooling
• AI/LLM integration & code-generation workflows
• Reusable Design Systems & Component Libraries

Key Responsibilities

Technical Design & Platform Ownership

• Own one or more core subsystems within the AI UI platform, driving the technical design, delivery, and roadmap of improvements with general guidance.
• Practice disciplined technical design for your systems, evaluating near- and long-term objectives, and balancing technical debt against feature delivery.
• Define implementation details for project work: break down complex platform requirements into concrete engineering tasks and provide reliable complexity/schedule estimates.
• Build and maintain core platform capabilities that translate DSL configurations and AI prompts into production-grade React and React Native components.

Design System & Front-End Engineering

• Partner with design system teams and downstream product engineers to implement composable component primitives, contract enforcement, and automated validation.
• Implement parsers, validators, and AST-based code-generation routines to ensure generated UIs conform strictly to Blue Origin design, security, and accessibility standards.
• Encourage the adoption of modern front-end industry best practices, new web technologies, and scalable UI architectures across the team.

Operational Excellence & System Health

• Own and author technical documentation, runbooks, interface specifications, and architectural design docs for your systems.
• Lead root cause analyses (RCA) and corrective actions for major-scope technical issues and non-conformances within your platform domain.
• Identify underlying causes of endemic problems across front-end systems, developing developer tooling and automated tests (unit, integration, E2E) to drive operational excellence.
• Contribute to telemetry and metrics to assess, measure, and validate the impact of platform features.

Collaboration & Guidance

• Serve as a core contributor and subject matter expert (SME) for your assigned systems, working with team leads and senior SMEs to validate designs.
• Partner with Product Managers and internal customer teams to understand pain points, clarify use cases, validate requirements, and iterate on delivered capabilities.
• Provide technical guidance to more junior engineers by answering technical questions, sharing team best practices, and delivering high-quality feedback in code reviews.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development experience shipping production-grade web applications.
• Strong technical expertise in modern JavaScript (ES6+) and TypeScript.
• Deep hands-on experience with React (component lifecycle, hooks, state management patterns, and performance tuning).
• Experience with GraphQL (query/mutation design, schema consumption, caching) and REST APIs.
• Demonstrated experience owning the technical design and end-to-end delivery of a system, library, or core project feature.
• Proven experience building reusable UI component libraries, developer tools, or shared front-end platform modules.
• Solid understanding of responsive layout patterns, cross-browser compatibility, and web accessibility (WCAG 2.1 AA).
• Strong track record of practicing operational excellence: root-cause analysis, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and code reviews.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience with or strong interest in React Native (cross-platform web and mobile architectures).
• Familiarity with Generative AI / LLM APIs, prompt orchestration, or AI-assisted development tools.
• Exposure to compilers, Abstract Syntax Trees (ASTs), Babel/SWC plugins, or Domain-Specific Languages (DSLs).
• Deep understanding of front-end build tooling, monorepo tooling, and bundlers (e.g., Vite, Webpack, Turborepo).
• Familiarity with backend runtime environments (Node.js) and AWS cloud infrastructure.

What Success Looks Like

In your first 6-12 months, you will:

• Own & Ship: Drive the technical implementation and delivery of key features in the AI-assisted UI platform from requirements to production.
• Elevate Operations: Establish automated validation, testing, and telemetry for your platform domain, reducing friction for adopting teams.
• Partner & Validate: Work directly with internal engineering customers to onboard them to the platform, capturing feedback to iterate on platform APIs and DSLs.
• Raise the Bar: Actively contribute to team design reviews, mentor junior team members, and champion front-end best practices.

Why Join This Team

• Work on a foundational platform that directly accelerates how mission-critical software is built for space exploration.
• Combine generative AI technology with rigorous, high-standard platform engineering.
• Join a culture that values engineering discipline, operational excellence, and technical ownership.

Apply today to help build the digital infrastructure that powers the road to space at Blue Origin!

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Culture Statement

Don’t meet all desired requirements? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single desired qualification. At Blue Origin, we are dedicated to building an authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every desired qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Export Control Regulations

Applicants for employment at Blue Origin must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e. current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Background Check

• Required for all positions: Blue’s Standard Background Check
• Required for Certain Job Profiles: Defense Biometric Identification System (DBIDS) background check if at any time the role requires one to be on a military installation
• Required for Certain Job Profiles: Drivers who operate Commercial Motor Vehicles with a Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW), Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) or combination of power unit and trailer that meets or exceeds 10,001 lbs. and/or transports placardable amounts of hazardous materials by ground in any vehicle on a public road while in commerce, may be subject to additional Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations including: Driver Qualification Files, Medical Certification (obtained before onboarding), Road Test, Hours of Service, Drug and Alcohol Testing, vehicle inspection requirements, CDL requirements (if applicable) and hazardous materials transportation/shipping training.
• Required for certain Job Profiles: Ability to obtain and maintain Merchant Mariner Credential, which includes pre-employment and random drug testing as well as DOT physical

Benefits

• Benefits include: 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%, and an 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.
• Dependent 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. Please check with your recruiter for more details.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Blue Origin is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and is committed to attracting, retaining, and developing a highly qualified and dedicated work force. Blue Origin hires and promotes people on the basis of their qualifications, performance, and abilities. We support the establishment and maintenance of a workplace that fosters trust, equality, and teamwork. We provide all qualified applicants for employment and employees with equal opportunities for hire, promotion, and other terms and conditions of employment, regardless of their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin/ethnicity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status, or any other status or characteristic protected by federal, state, and/or local law. Blue Origin will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws, including the Washington Fair Chance Act, the California Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles Fair Chance in Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws. For more information on “Know Your Rights,” please see here.

Affirmative Action and Disability Accommodation

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