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Software Engineer, Network Observability (Starlink)

SpaceX· Starlink Network Engineering
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Hawthorne, CA$125k - $150kfull-timePosted 4mo ago

About the role

Software Engineer on the Starlink Network Monitoring team responsible for designing, building, and scaling observability software for the Starlink network, enabling real-time alerting and rich performance/reliability metrics.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement scalable, fault-tolerant data ingestion pipelines to reliably consume raw, high-volume telemetry streams from Starlink satellites, user terminals, gateways, and ground infrastructure in real time
  • Develop frontend visualizations, interactive dashboards, and UI components that present processed data in clear, real-time views for monitoring teams and stakeholders
  • Drive automation to reduce manual effort in network monitoring operations and improve anomaly detection accuracy
  • Maintain high software standards and software engineering best practices across the full stack
  • Deep dive into business problems, find efficient solutions and apply first principles thinking

Qualifications

  • Bachelors degree in STEM & 1+ year of industry and/or internship experience; OR 3+ years of professional software development experience in lieu of a STEM degree.

Skills

Required:Observability / telemetry systemsBackend developmentFrontend developmentDatabases / data systems
Nice to have:Containerization / orchestrationStreaming data platformsProject ownership

Benefits

  • 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
  • paid sick leave per company policy
  • stock or long-term cash awards (potentially) and Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • discretionary bonuses and stock purchase discounts
Last updated Jul 8, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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