Fully reusable rocket developer building engines and launch vehicles
Stoke Space is building fully reusable launch vehicles around proprietary full-flow staged combustion engines. The stack—React, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, AWS, Siemens NX, ANSYS, Python, Rust, Go—reflects a dual engineering culture: software infrastructure (APIs, telemetry, monitoring) running parallel to aerospace CAD and simulation. Active hiring across engineering (37 open roles) and manufacturing (3) against cost and throughput pain points signals a company scaling from prototype to production rate.
Notable leadership hires: Chief Financial Officer
Stoke Space develops fully reusable rockets and engines for commercial space launch. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Kent, Washington, the company operates across rocket propulsion (full-flow staged combustion engine development and testing), vehicle integration (Nova launch vehicle design and avionics), and ground infrastructure (test stands, boltline platform). The organization spans 201–500 employees with engineering-dominant hiring; current focus areas include reducing per-launch costs, increasing manufacturing throughput, and scaling financial and HR systems to support production growth.
Stoke uses React, TypeScript, Next.js, and GraphQL for frontend/API layers; PostgreSQL, InfluxDB, and TimescaleDB for data; AWS (Fargate, Lambda, IAM), Kubernetes, and Docker for cloud infrastructure; Siemens NX, ANSYS, and MATLAB for aerospace design and simulation; and Python, Rust, and Go for backend services.
Core projects include Nova launch vehicle development, full-flow staged combustion engine testing and production, avionics and component integration, and the Boltline platform. Operational priorities are reducing launch costs, increasing manufacturing throughput, and scaling financial and HR systems.
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