# Senior Software Engineer I - Data Engineering

ABOUT ROCKET LAB Rocket Lab is the end-to-end space company building rockets, spacecraft, and critical subsystems that keep the world connected, protected, expand humanity’s reach to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. We move fast, build real hardware for meaningful missions, and make the impossible routine. Come shape the future with us. SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER I - DATA ENGINEERING At Rocket Lab, operational data drives everything from production acceptance to mission success. The Data Engineering team builds the foundational infrastructure, platforms, and tools that make this possible, providing long-term storage, data management, discovery, and access for data across all verticals. Our platforms enable data processing and automation at scale, while our applications and services provide the visualization and reporting capabilities that engineers rely on throughout the product lifecycle. We're seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help us build and scale the data infrastructure that powers Rocket Lab's operations. Based onsite at Rocket Lab's headquarters in Long Beach, CA, you'll design, build, and maintain core data platforms and services that enable engineers across the company to ac

- **Id**: 4048350
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/rocket-lab-senior-software-engineer-i-data-engineering>
- **Role**: Data Science
- **Role family**: Data Science
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Long Beach, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-11T00:10:12Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-11
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T05:36:31Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 7879
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Gym membership, Life insurance, Parental leave, Retirement plans
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Launch Services, Satellite Manufacturing

## Company

- **Id**: 684473
- **Name**: Rocket Lab
- **Domain**: rocketlab.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/rocketlab-2>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 82
- **Open postings**: 83
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.735
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 44
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 132000
- **Max**: 175000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 175000

## Technologies

- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **Git** — Optional: no
- **Jira** — Optional: no
- **Kubernetes** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Rest API** — Optional: no
- **Agile** — Optional: yes
- **ETL/ELT** — Optional: yes
- **NumPy** — Optional: yes
- **Pandas** — Optional: yes
- **SQL** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: phd
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-11T00:53:32Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 9 · green card filings: 1; Filings 12m: 9

## Liveness

- **Score**: 60
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.602
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 44
- **Reasons**: conf:0, stale_co, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 175000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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