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Sr. Software Engineer, Network Observability (Starlink)

SpaceX· Starlink Network Engineering
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Hawthorne, CA$165k - $265kFull-timePosted 5d ago

About the role

Software Engineer on the Starlink Network Monitoring team responsible for designing, building, and scaling observability software for the Starlink network, enabling real-time alerting and rich performance metrics to monitor customer QoS and constellation health.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement scalable, fault-tolerant data ingestion pipelines to reliably consume raw, high-volume telemetry streams from Starlink satellites, user terminals, gateways, and ground infrastructure in real time
  • Develop frontend visualizations, interactive dashboards, and UI components that present processed data in clear, real-time views for monitoring teams and stakeholders
  • Drive automation to reduce manual effort in network monitoring operations and improve anomaly detection accuracy
  • Maintain high software standards and software engineering best practices across the full stack
  • Deep dive into business problems, find efficient solutions and apply first principles thinking

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, math, or STEM discipline and 5+ years of professional experience in software development experience; OR 7+ years of professional experience in software development in lieu of a degree

Skills

Required:Observability / telemetry systemsBackend programming
Nice to have:Frontend developmentDatabases / data systemsContainerization / orchestrationStreaming data pipelinesProject ownership

Benefits

  • Long-term incentives (stock or long-term cash awards) and possible discretionary bonuses
  • 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 per company policy
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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