2 months ago
Redmond, WA, USAEntry Level / Mid Level
H1B sponsor
Base Salary
$125k - $200k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and scale a new content delivery network for Starlink.
- Build robust, responsive, and scalable distributed systems.
- Develop tools, visibility, and alerting to diagnose, operate, and maintain complex business-critical systems in real time.
- Design algorithms to optimize hardware utilization and cost efficiency using business-critical performance metrics.
- Implement systems that shape traffic across multiple CDNs.
- Participate in and lead architecture, design, and code reviews.
- Develop prototypes and manage experiments to validate future design concepts and Starlink use cases.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or another STEM discipline, or 2+ years of professional software development experience in lieu of a degree.
- Software development experience in C, C++, or Rust.
- Advanced degree in computer science or engineering is preferred.
- Networking, distributed systems, CDN design, and complex networking systems experience are preferred, including internship experience for distributed systems.
- Experience with edge networking, DNS, traffic management, caching, load balancing, SSL/TLS, DDoS protection, or monitoring is preferred.
- Knowledge of network topology, numerical optimization, graph theory, or convex optimization is preferred.
- Experience developing, debugging, and deploying scalable software used in real-world applications or projects.
- Strong problem-solving, analytical, communication, and engineering fundamentals.
- Ability to work effectively in a dynamic environment with changing requirements.
- Must satisfy applicable ITAR authorization requirements.
Benefits
- Eligibility for company stock or long-term cash awards, discretionary bonuses, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
- Medical, vision, dental, 401(k), disability, life insurance, paid parental leave, discounts, and other perks.
- Three weeks of paid vacation and 10 or more paid holidays annually.
- Washington State employees accrue paid sick time according to applicable law.
- Company shuttles operate Monday through Friday from select Seattle locations to the SpaceX Redmond office.
- Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed.
About SpaceX
SpaceX designs, manufactures, and launches orbital rockets and spacecraft, and operates Starlink, a global satellite internet network for consumers, businesses, and governments. Its revenue comes from commercial and government launch services (Falcon 9/Falcon Heavy, Dragon cargo and crew to the ISS) and subscription broadband with Starlink hardware and service. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Hawthorne, California, the privately held company serves NASA and commercial satellite operators, building most systems in-house.