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Sr. Software Engineer, Data Platform (Starlink)

SpaceX· Starlink Network Engineering
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Redmond, WA$160k - $270kfull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Senior software engineer building and owning a scalable data platform and data pipelines to support Starlink operations and analytics, with a focus on petabyte-scale ingest, processing, storage, and query capabilities.

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 7+ years of professional experience building software in lieu of a degree
  • 5+ years of experience in full stack development, software engineering, data engineering, or data science

Skills

Nice to have:ScalaJavaPythonGoFrontend frameworksBig data processingDatabases & data lakesData visualization/toolsVersion control, CI/CDStatistics & ML

Benefits

  • long-term incentives, in the form of company stock, stock options, or long-term cash awards
  • potential discretionary bonuses
  • ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • 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
  • other discounts and perks
Last updated Sep 2, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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