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Software Engineer (Starlink Ground Network)

SpaceX· Starlink Ground Network Engineering
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Redmond, WA$125k - $200kFull-timePosted 3w ago

About the role

Software Engineer on the Ground Network team focused on capacity planning for Starlink’s global ground infrastructure, building tools, models, and services to forecast demand, optimize deployments, quantify costs, and scale the network to serve tens of millions of users with reliability and cost efficiency.

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and maintain highly reliable software for capacity planning, forecasting, and optimization of the Starlink Ground Network.
  • Develop scalable data pipelines, and backend services that ingest telemetry, inventory, cost, and usage data to produce actionable capacity models and KPIs.
  • Create simulation, optimization, and forecasting engines that predict future ground-network needs, identify bottlenecks, and recommend deployment strategies.
  • Collaborate with network engineers, operators, software teams, and external partners to close the loop between planning models and real-world performance.
  • Own the full software lifecycle: architecture, implementation, testing, deployment, monitoring, and rapid iteration in a fast-changing environment.
  • Apply first-principles thinking to deep-dive into capacity, cost, and scaling problems; prototype solutions and quantify technical constraints.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, math, physics, or a STEM discipline; OR 3+ years of professional software development experience in lieu of a degree (internship experience is applicable).
  • 1+ years of professional experience in software engineering, data engineering, or related fields.
  • Development experience in an object-oriented or systems programming language (C++, Python, Go, Java, C#, or similar).

Skills

Required:Software design and architectureData pipelines and backend servicesSimulation, optimization, and forecasting

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
  • employee stock purchase plan
  • potential discretionary bonuses
  • shuttle transportation from select Seattle locations to SpaceX Redmond office (Mon–Fri)
Last updated Sep 30, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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