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Software Engineer, Data (Starlink)

SpaceX· Starlink Network Engineering
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Hawthorne, CA$125k - $160kFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Software engineer focused on building and operating a scalable, petabyte-scale enterprise data platform for Starlink, enabling ingestion, processing, storage, and querying; includes data pipelines, architecture collaboration, prototyping, and full ownership of software/product development.

Responsibilities

  • Develop a highly reliable and scalable enterprise data platform empowering users to ingest, process, store, and query at petabyte-scale
  • Create new functionality and end-to-end data pipelines that improve how the business at SpaceX operates
  • Collaborate with peers on architecture, design, and code reviews
  • Build prototypes to prove out key design concepts and quantify technical constraints
  • Own all aspects of software engineering and product development
  • Deep dive into business problems, find efficient solutions and apply first principles thinking

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, data science, engineering, math, physics, or scientific discipline; OR 2+ years of professional experience building software in lieu of a degree
  • 1+ years of experience in full stack development, software engineering, data engineering, or data science

Skills

Required:Scala, Java, C#, Python, Go (or similar)
Nice to have:Frontend frameworksBig data processingDatabases and data lakesData visualization/toolsVersion control and CI/CDStatistics and ML fundamentals

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Short and long-term disability insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Paid parental leave
  • Discretionary bonuses and stock opportunities through long-term incentives
  • Employee stock purchase plan
  • 3 weeks of paid vacation and 10+ paid holidays per year
  • Paid sick leave per company policy
Last updated Aug 5, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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