3 months ago
Palo Alto, CA, USAMid Level
H1B sponsor
Base Salary
$135k - $160k/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
- Manage the full lifecycle of services 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 software stack
- Identify infrastructure and developer-velocity improvements and implement innovative solutions
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems/IT, or an engineering discipline plus at least one year of professional experience in systems administration, site reliability engineering, or DevOps, or 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 other infrastructure tools
- Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker or Kubernetes
- Experience with Bash, Python, or other scripting languages
- Development experience in Python, C++, or C
- Preferred: at least one year of Python and Python-based development framework experience
- Preferred: understanding of virtualization, hypervisors, Linux boot and system configuration, testing, continuous integration, build, deployment, and continuous monitoring
- Preferred: experience with Bazel or other build systems, databases and data modeling, automated management of large server fleets, performance improvement, and TCP/IP networking
- Strong communication skills and willingness to work extended hours and weekends as needed
- Must satisfy applicable ITAR eligibility or authorization requirements
Benefits
- Potential eligibility for company stock or long-term cash awards and discretionary bonuses
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- 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 annually
- Additional discounts and perks
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.