Software Engineer, CDN (Starlink)Active$175K

The opportunity

SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars.

What you'll do

  • 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.

  • Participate in and lead architecture, design, and code reviews.

What they're looking for

  • Develop prototypes and manage experiments to prove out future design concepts: and future use cases for Starlink.
  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering or other STEM discipline: OR 2+ years of professional experience in software development in lieu of a degree.
  • Software development experience in C, C++, or Rust.
  • Advanced degree in computer science or engineering.