3 days ago
Base Salary
$270k - $355k/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 business-critical systems in real time.
- Design algorithms to optimize hardware utilization and cost efficiency using performance metrics.
- Implement systems that shape traffic across multiple CDNs.
- Lead and participate in architecture, design, and code reviews.
- Develop prototypes and manage experiments for future Starlink designs and use cases.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or another STEM discipline and 10+ years of professional software development experience, or 12+ years of software development experience in lieu of a degree.
- Professional software development experience in C, C++, or Rust.
- At least 5 years of professional distributed systems experience or experience designing, building, and scaling a CDN system.
- At least 7 years of professional networking experience.
- Preferred qualifications include an advanced degree in computer science or engineering and experience with complex networking systems across layers 0–7.
- Preferred experience includes edge networking, DNS, traffic management, caching, load balancing, SSL/TLS, DDoS protection, monitoring, network topology, numerical optimization, graph theory, and convex optimization.
- Experience developing, debugging, and deploying scalable software used in real-world applications or projects.
- Strong problem-solving, analytical, communication, and collaboration skills in a dynamic environment.
- Willingness to work extended hours and weekends as needed.
Benefits
- Base salary range of $270,000–$355,000 per year, with potential long-term incentives, stock options or awards, discretionary bonuses, and Employee Stock Purchase Plan participation.
- Comprehensive medical, vision, dental, 401(k), disability, life insurance, paid parental leave, discounts, and other perks.
- Three weeks of paid vacation, 10 or more paid holidays per year, and five days of sick leave for exempt employees.
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.