5 months ago
Hawthorne, CA, USAEntry Level / Mid Level
H1B sponsor
Base Salary
$125k - $150k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and implement scalable, fault-tolerant data-ingestion pipelines for high-volume real-time telemetry from Starlink satellites, user terminals, gateways, and ground infrastructure.
- Process and transform metrics, logs, events, and traces into structured, enriched formats for alerting, analytics, and decision-making.
- Develop frontend visualizations, interactive dashboards, and UI components for clear real-time monitoring views.
- Automate network-monitoring operations and improve anomaly-detection accuracy.
- Maintain high software standards and engineering best practices across the full stack.
- Investigate business problems and apply efficient, first-principles solutions.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in STEM plus at least one year of industry and/or internship experience, or at least three years of professional software development experience in lieu of a STEM degree.
- Frontend experience with Angular, React, or a similar JavaScript framework is preferred.
- Programming experience with Python, C#, .NET, Go, Scala, Java, or a similar object-oriented language is preferred.
- Familiarity with real-time analytics and anomaly-detection systems is preferred.
- Experience with PostgreSQL, CockroachDB, or similar relational database technologies is preferred.
- Production experience with Docker, Kubernetes, or similar infrastructure tools is preferred.
- Experience designing, building, and optimizing large-scale distributed systems for processing and querying high-volume data is preferred.
- Applicants must meet applicable ITAR eligibility requirements or be eligible to obtain the required U.S. Department of State authorizations.
- Ability to work extended hours or weekends as needed for mission-critical deadlines and participate in a weeklong rotational on-call schedule.
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage.
- 401(k) retirement plan, short- and long-term disability insurance, and life insurance.
- Paid parental leave, approximately three weeks of paid vacation, and 10 or more paid holidays per year.
- Paid sick leave pursuant to company policy, plus discounts and other perks.
- Potential eligibility for company stock or long-term cash awards, discretionary bonuses, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
- On-call work is required on a weeklong rotational schedule, with extended hours or weekends as needed.
Tech Stack
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.