Sr. Software Engineer, Data (Starlink)

Responsibilities

• Develop a highly reliable and scalable enterprise data platform for petabyte-scale data ingestion, processing, storage, and querying.
• Create new functionality and end-to-end data pipelines that improve SpaceX business operations.
• Collaborate with engineers on architecture, design, and code reviews.
• Build prototypes to validate key design concepts and quantify technical constraints.
• Own all aspects of software engineering and product development.
• Analyze business problems, identify efficient solutions, and apply first-principles thinking.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, data science, engineering, mathematics, physics, or another scientific discipline, or 7+ years of professional software-building experience in lieu of a degree.
• At least 5 years of experience in full-stack development, software engineering, data engineering, or data science.
• Programming experience with Scala, Java, C#, Python, Go, or similar languages.
• Frontend experience with Angular, React, or similar JavaScript frameworks.
• Experience optimizing in-stream big-data processing and analytics frameworks such as Apache Kafka, Spark, or Flink.
• Experience with relational and non-relational databases and data lakes such as Hive, Delta Lake, PostgreSQL, or CockroachDB.
• Experience with data exploration tools such as Grafana, Metabase, or Power BI.
• Understanding of version control, testing, continuous integration, build, deployment, monitoring, statistics, and machine-learning algorithms and frameworks.
• Willingness to work extended hours and weekends when needed.
• Must satisfy applicable ITAR eligibility or authorization requirements.

Benefits

• Base salary range of $160,000.00–$265,000.00 per year.
• Potential eligibility for company stock, stock options, long-term cash awards, discretionary bonuses, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage.
• 401(k) retirement plan, short- and long-term disability insurance, and life insurance.
• Paid parental leave, discounts, and other perks.
• Approximately three weeks of accrued paid vacation, 10 or more paid holidays per year, and paid sick leave under company policy.