2 months ago
Base Salary
$185k - $265k/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 mechanisms for diagnosing, operating, and maintaining 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 for future designs and Starlink use cases.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or another STEM discipline plus 5+ years of professional software development experience, or 7+ years of software development experience in lieu of a degree.
- Professional software development experience in C, C++, or Rust.
- 3+ years of professional distributed systems experience or experience designing, building, and scaling a CDN system.
- 3+ years of professional networking experience.
- Preferred: advanced degree in computer science or engineering.
- Preferred: experience with complex networking systems across layers 0–7, edge networking, DNS, traffic management, caching, load balancing, SSL/TLS, DDoS protection, or monitoring.
- Preferred: knowledge of network topology, numerical optimization, graph theory, or convex optimization.
- Preferred: experience developing, debugging, and deploying scalable software used in real-world applications.
- Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed.
- Must satisfy applicable ITAR authorization requirements.
Benefits
- Base salary range of $185,000.00–$265,000.00 per year, with additional potential long-term incentives and discretionary bonuses.
- Medical, vision, and dental coverage; 401(k) retirement plan; disability and life insurance; paid parental leave; and employee discounts and other perks.
- Approximately three weeks of paid vacation, 10 or more paid holidays, and five days of sick leave for exempt employees.
- Company shuttles provide weekday round-trip travel from select Seattle locations to the SpaceX Redmond office.
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.