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Sr. Software Engineer, CDN (Starlink)

SpaceX· Starlink Network Engineering
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Redmond, WA$165k - $265kfull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Senior software engineer 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 5+ years of professional experience in software development; Or 7+ years of software development experience in lieu of a degree.
  • Software development experience in C, C++, or Rust.
  • 3+ years of professional distributed systems experience or experience designing, building, and/ scaling a CDN system.

Skills

Required:CC++Rust

Benefits

  • Long-term incentives, including company stock or long-term cash awards
  • Discretionary bonuses and Employee 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
  • paid sick leave pursuant to Company policy
Last updated Aug 5, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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