5 months ago
Redmond, WA, USAEntry Level / Mid Level
H1B sponsor
Base Salary
$125k - $150k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop automation to deploy and manage on-premise compute resources.
- Deploy and manage databases, monitoring systems, distributed storage, software libraries, and other core infrastructure.
- Collaborate with software engineers to create scalable, operable, and maintainable products.
- Own service lifecycles from design and deployment through operation and refinement.
- Create tools and processes that improve development and deployment speed, accuracy, and usability.
- Provide software validation across virtualized, hardware-in-the-loop, and on-orbit test platforms.
- Support monitoring, data analysis, continuous integration, and release systems.
- Perform hands-on integration and troubleshooting across the Starlink technology stack.
- Identify infrastructure and developer-velocity improvements and implement innovative solutions.
Requirements
- A bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems/IT, or engineering plus at least one year of professional experience in systems administration, site reliability engineering, or DevOps, or at least three years of such experience in lieu of a degree.
- At least one year of professional experience with Linux operating systems.
- Experience with Terraform, Ansible, or comparable infrastructure tools.
- Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker or Kubernetes.
- Experience with Bash, Python, or other scripting languages, plus development experience in Python, C++, or C.
- Preferred experience includes Python-based development frameworks, virtualization and hypervisors, Linux boot and systems configuration, testing, continuous integration, build and deployment systems, continuous monitoring, Bazel or other build systems, performance optimization, databases and data modeling, large-scale server management, and TCP/IP networking.
- Strong communication skills and willingness to work extended hours and weekends as needed.
- Applicants must satisfy applicable U.S. export-control authorization requirements under ITAR.
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage.
- 401(k) retirement plan, disability insurance, life insurance, paid parental leave, discounts, and other perks.
- Approximately three weeks of paid vacation and 10 or more paid holidays annually.
- Washington State employees accrue paid sick time in compliance with applicable law.
- Company shuttles are available Monday through Friday from select Seattle locations to the SpaceX Redmond office.
- The role may include long-term incentives, discretionary bonuses, and an employee stock purchase plan.
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.