Software Engineer, CDN (Starlink)

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.
Participate in and lead architecture, design, and code reviews.
Develop prototypes and manage experiments to prove out future design concepts and future use cases for Starlink.

Basic Qualifications

• 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.

Preferred Skills And Experience

• Advanced degree in computer science or engineering.
• Networking experience.
• Professional distributed systems experience (internship experience is applicable).
• Professional experience designing, building, and/ scaling a CDN system.
• Professional experience working on complex networking systems (layers 0-7).
• Experience with Edge Networking, DNS, Traffic Management, Caching, Load Balancing, SSL/TLS, DDoS protection, and/or monitoring.
• Knowledgeable in network topology, numerical optimization techniques, graph theory approaches, or convex optimization.
• Developed, debugged, and deployed scalable software that has been used in real world applications/projects.
• Creative approach to problem solving, exceptional analytical skills, and engineering fundamentals.
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
• Able to work effectively in a dynamic environment with changing needs and requirements.

Additional Requirements

• Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed.

Pay Range

Level 1: $135,000.00 - $160,000.00
Level 2: $155,000.00 - $195,000.00

Company Shuttles

Company shuttles are offered to employees for roundtrip travel from select Seattle locations to the SpaceX Redmond office Monday to Friday.

Requirements

• To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C.1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C.1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Equal Opportunity Employer

SpaceX is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with SpaceX is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.