Principal Software Engineer, CDN (Starlink)
$210,000 – $295,000 USD
Tech Stack
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and scale a new Content Delivery Network (CDN) for Starlink.
- Build robust, responsive, and scalable distributed systems.
- Build the necessary tools, visibility, and alerting mechanisms to effectively diagnose, operate, and maintain complex, business-critical systems in real-time.
- Design algorithms to understand and optimize hardware utilization and cost efficiency, evaluated against intuitive and business-critical performance metrics.
- Implement the systems which shape traffic across multiple CDNs, and participate in and lead architecture, design, and code reviews.
Soft Skills
Written CommunicationVerbal CommunicationProblem SolvingAnalytical Skills
Benefits
- 401k
- Health Insurance
- Vision
- Dental
- Life Insurance
- Parental Leave
- Disability Insurance
- Employee Stock Purchase
Culture
Mission-DrivenFast-PacedWork-Life Balance
Requirements
Required: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering or other STEM discipline
Preferred: Advanced degree in computer science or engineering
Regions: Us
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About SpaceX
Industry: aerospace
Size: enterprise
SpaceX is a company founded to enable human life on Mars, actively developing technologies to achieve this goal, and also connecting the world through Starlink.
View company profile →Compensation
Base salary: $210,000 – $295,000 USD
Equity: long-term incentives, in the form of company stock, stock options, or long-term cash awards, and the ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Bonus: potential discretionary bonuses