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Principal Software Engineer, CDN (Starlink)

SpaceX· Starlink Network Engineering
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Redmond, WA$260k - $345kFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Senior software engineer role focused on designing, building, and scaling a new Content Delivery Network (CDN) for SpaceX Starlink, with emphasis on distributed systems, performance, and cost efficiency.

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:Distributed systemsC/C++/RustNetworking

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 or more paid holidays per year
  • sick leave: 5 days per year
  • stock options / long-term incentives / discretionary bonuses / Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • discounts and other perks
Last updated Sep 2, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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