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Principal Software Engineer, CDN (Starlink)

SpaceX· Starlink Network Engineering
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Palo Alto, CA$210k - $355kFull-timePosted 5mo ago

About the role

Senior software engineering role focused on designing, building, and scaling the Starlink Content Delivery Network (CDN) and related distributed systems.

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.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering or other STEM discipline AND 10+ years of professional experience in software development; Or 12+ years of software development experience in lieu of a degree.
  • Software development experience in C, C++, or Rust.
  • 5+ years of professional distributed systems experience or experience designing, building, and/ scaling a CDN system.
  • 7+ years of professional networking experience.

Skills

Required:Software development in C, C++, or RustDistributed systems designNetworking

Benefits

  • Long-term incentives (stock, stock options, or long-term cash awards)
  • Discretionary bonuses and stock purchase plan
  • Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Short and long-term disability insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Paid parental leave
  • 3 weeks of paid vacation and 10+ paid holidays per year
  • 5 days of sick leave per year for exempt employees
  • Discounts and other perks
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