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Software Engineer, Platform / Infrastructure (Starlink)

SpaceX· Starlink Consumer Platform Engineering
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Palo Alto, CA$135k - $155kFull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Software Engineer on the Core Infrastructure team at SpaceX, focused on platform engineering, site reliability, and database reliability for Starlink. Responsible for identifying bottlenecks, building an internal developer platform, operating production Kubernetes clusters, and investigating underlying needs behind infrastructure requests to provide scalable, reliable solutions.

Responsibilities

  • Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks by analyzing system metrics, database queries, and cloud resource usage before they impact users.
  • Build and maintain the internal developer platform, including self-service tools and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Operate and secure the production Kubernetes clusters that run our customer-facing website, managed as code.
  • Partner with application teams to optimize slow SQL queries and manage database schema changes safely.
  • Investigate infrastructure requests to understand the real underlying need and propose better long-term solutions.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a STEM discipline.
  • 1+ years of professional experience with networking or infrastructure projects.
  • 1+ years of professional experience programming in Python, Go, or a similar language used in infrastructure and platform work.
  • Strong attention to detail.

Skills

Required:Performance bottleneck analysisInternal developer platform
Nice to have:Kubernetes administrationSQL query optimizationObservability toolingRelational databases (PostgreSQL)Open-source contribution

Benefits

  • comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
  • 401(k)-retirement plan
  • short and long-term disability insurance
  • life insurance
  • paid parental leave
  • paid vacation (3 weeks)
  • 10 or more paid holidays per year
  • paid sick leave
  • various other discounts and perks
Last updated Jul 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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