Principal Software Engineer, CDN (Starlink)

SpaceXPalo Alto, CAfull_timeprincipal

$210,000 – $295,000 USD

Tech Stack

Solid badges = required, outlined = preferred

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
  • Dental
  • Disability Insurance
  • Employee Stock Purchase
  • Health Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • Parental Leave
  • Vision

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 on the belief that humanity's future involves exploring the stars, actively developing technologies to enable human life on Mars.

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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