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Principal Software Engineer, CDN (Starlink)

SpaceX· Starlink Network Engineering
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Hawthorne, CA$255k - $340kFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Principal Software Engineer to design, build, and scale Starlink's Content Delivery Network (CDN) and supporting distributed systems, with emphasis on performance, cost efficiency, and real-time operability.

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:CC++RustDistributed systems

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
  • 10+ paid holidays per year
  • 5 days of sick leave per year
  • stock options / long-term incentives / discretionary bonuses / Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • discounts and perks
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