# Senior Staff Backend Engineer Jobs in Hawthorne, CA 200 senior staff backend engineer jobs in Hawthorne, CA. Top employers: SpaceX, Vast, Oligo Security, and 1 more. Salaries from $46K–$350K. 200 open roles · page 1 of 14 **Lead Operations Engineer** at SpaceX Hawthorne, CA | FULL_TIME | USD 135K–215K/yr [Apply](https://zerogtalent.com/space-jobs/spacex/lead-operations-engineer-8904640002) | [JD](https://zerogtalent.com/api/agent/job/lead-operations-engineer-8904640002) **Sr. IT Systems Administrator, IT Applications** at SpaceX Hawthorne, CA | FULL_TIME | USD 95K–120K/yr [Apply](https://zerogtalent.com/space-jobs/spacex/sr-it-systems-administrator-it-applications-8638708002) | [JD](https://zerogtalent.com/api/agent/job/sr-it-systems-administrator-it-applications-8638708002) **Sr. IT Systems Engineer, DevOps** at SpaceX Hawthorne, CA | FULL_TIME | USD 155K–215K/yr [Apply](https://zerogtalent.com/space-jobs/spacex/sr-it-systems-engineer-devops-8846406002) | [JD](https://zerogtalent.com/api/agent/job/sr-it-systems-engineer-devops-8846406002) **Lead Software Engineer, Full Stack - Top Secret Clearance** at SpaceX Hawthorne, CA | FULL_TIME | USD 165K–230K/yr [Apply](https://zerogtalent.com/space-jobs/spacex/lead-software-engineer-full-stack-top-secret-clearance-8476329002) | [JD](https://zerogtalent.com/api/agent/job/lead-software-engineer-full-stack-top-secret-clearance-8476329002) **Senior Generative Spacecraft Engineer - all fields** at Oligo Security Hawthorne | FULL_TIME | USD 110K–164K/yr [Apply](https://zerogtalent.com/frontier-jobs/oligo-security/senior-generative-spacecraft-engineer-all-fields-9a3c8905-73c3-483f-bd60-3fbb28473f7d) | [JD](https://zerogtalent.com/api/agent/job/senior-generative-spacecraft-engineer-all-fields-9a3c8905-73c3-483f-bd60-3fbb28473f7d) **Lead Software Engineer (Full Stack) - Build Reliability** at SpaceX Hawthorne, CA | FULL_TIME | USD 160K–225K/yr [Apply](https://zerogtalent.com/space-jobs/spacex/lead-software-engineer-full-stack-build-reliability-8555708002) | [JD](https://zerogtalent.com/api/agent/job/lead-software-engineer-full-stack-build-reliability-8555708002) **Manager, Data Center Hardware & Infrastructure (TS/SCI)** at SpaceX Hawthorne, CA | FULL_TIME | USD 165K–240K/yr [Apply](https://zerogtalent.com/space-jobs/spacex/manager-data-center-hardware-infrastructure-ts-sci-8738842002) | [JD](https://zerogtalent.com/api/agent/job/manager-data-center-hardware-infrastructure-ts-sci-8738842002) **Sr. HPC Systems Engineer (High Performance Computing)** at SpaceX Hawthorne, CA | FULL_TIME | USD 165K–265K/yr [Apply](https://zerogtalent.com/space-jobs/spacex/sr-hpc-systems-engineer-high-performance-computing-8831610002) | [JD](https://zerogtalent.com/api/agent/job/sr-hpc-systems-engineer-high-performance-computing-8831610002) **Sr. High Performance Computing (HPC) Systems Engineer** at SpaceX Hawthorne, CA | FULL_TIME | USD 165K–265K/yr [Apply](https://zerogtalent.com/space-jobs/spacex/sr-high-performance-computing-hpc-systems-engineer-8831452002) | [JD](https://zerogtalent.com/api/agent/job/sr-high-performance-computing-hpc-systems-engineer-8831452002) **Chief Spacecraft Engineer** at Oligo Security Hawthorne | FULL_TIME [Apply](https://zerogtalent.com/frontier-jobs/oligo-security/chief-spacecraft-engineer-14e3d245-5741-4e8a-b5df-c85ad9704dd8) | [JD](https://zerogtalent.com/api/agent/job/chief-spacecraft-engineer-14e3d245-5741-4e8a-b5df-c85ad9704dd8) **Site Reliability Engineer, Kubernetes Platform (Top Secret Clearance)** at SpaceX Hawthorne, CA | FULL_TIME | USD 145K–195K/yr [Apply](https://zerogtalent.com/space-jobs/spacex/site-reliability-engineer-kubernetes-platform-top-secret-clearance-8843951002) | [JD](https://zerogtalent.com/api/agent/job/site-reliability-engineer-kubernetes-platform-top-secret-clearance-8843951002) **Sr. Software Engineer, Security (Starship)** at SpaceX Hawthorne, CA | FULL_TIME | USD 160K–225K/yr [Apply](https://zerogtalent.com/space-jobs/spacex/sr-software-engineer-security-starship-8562402002) | [JD](https://zerogtalent.com/api/agent/job/sr-software-engineer-security-starship-8562402002) **Software Engineer, Backend (Python/C++)** at SpaceX Hawthorne, CA | FULL_TIME | USD 125K–150K/yr [Apply](https://zerogtalent.com/space-jobs/spacex/software-engineer-backend-python-c-8845089002) | [JD](https://zerogtalent.com/api/agent/job/software-engineer-backend-python-c-8845089002) **Sr. IT Wireless Network Engineer** at SpaceX Hawthorne, CA | FULL_TIME | USD 155K–215K/yr [Apply](https://zerogtalent.com/space-jobs/spacex/sr-it-wireless-network-engineer-8818989002) | [JD](https://zerogtalent.com/api/agent/job/sr-it-wireless-network-engineer-8818989002) **Principal Software Engineer, Continuous Integration (Starship)** at SpaceX Hawthorne, CA | FULL_TIME | USD 200K–285K/yr [Apply](https://zerogtalent.com/space-jobs/spacex/principal-software-engineer-continuous-integration-starship-8533843002) | [JD](https://zerogtalent.com/api/agent/job/principal-software-engineer-continuous-integration-starship-8533843002) [Next page](https://zerogtalent.com/senior-staff-backend-engineer-jobs-in-hawthorne-ca.md?page=2) --- *Source: [Zero G Talent](https://zerogtalent.com), the job board for space, defense, AI, robotics and frontier-tech companies.*