2 months ago
Base Salary
$175k - $280k/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 to diagnose, operate, and maintain complex business-critical systems in real time.
- Design algorithms to understand and 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 to validate future design concepts and Starlink use cases.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or another STEM discipline and 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.
- At least 3 years of professional distributed systems experience or experience designing, building, and scaling a CDN system.
- At least 3 years of professional networking experience.
- Advanced degree in computer science or engineering is preferred.
- Experience with complex networking systems across layers 0-7 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.
- Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed.
- Applicants must meet applicable ITAR citizenship, residency, refugee, asylee, or authorization requirements.
Benefits
- Base salary range of $175,000-$280,000 per year.
- Company stock, stock options, long-term cash awards, potential discretionary bonuses, and Employee Stock Purchase Plan access may be available.
- Medical, vision, dental, 401(k), disability, life insurance, paid parental leave, discounts, and other perks are provided.
- Employees may accrue 3 weeks of paid vacation and receive 10 or more paid holidays per year.
- Exempt employees receive 5 days of sick leave per year.
- Company shuttles operate Monday through Friday 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.