2 months ago
Base Salary
$165k - $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 against 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 Starlink designs and use cases.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or another STEM discipline plus 5 or more years of professional software development experience, or 7 or more years of software development experience in lieu of a degree.
- Professional software development experience in C, C++, or Rust.
- At least 3 years of professional distributed systems experience or experience designing, building, and scaling a CDN system.
- Advanced degree in computer science or engineering is preferred.
- At least 3 years of professional networking experience is preferred.
- Experience with complex networking systems across layers 0 through 7 is preferred.
- 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 is preferred.
- Strong analytical, communication, problem-solving, and engineering fundamentals are preferred.
- Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed.
- Must meet applicable ITAR citizenship, residency, refugee, asylee, or authorization requirements.
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.
- Potential stock or long-term cash awards, discretionary bonuses, and Employee Stock Purchase Plan access.
- Additional discounts and perks.
- Applicants must satisfy applicable ITAR work authorization requirements.
- 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.