Full-Stack Data Platform Engineer for Starlink

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP; Redmond, Northern (WA, KY); Hybrid; USD 125,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Medical, vision & dental insurance

401(k)

Paid vacation & holidays

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

SpaceX in Redmond, WA is seeking a Full Stack Software Engineer for the Starlink Data Platform to design, build, and operate the data infrastructure powering the world’s largest satellite broadband network.

The role focuses on owning end-to-end data pipelines, collaborating on architecture, and delivering scalable solutions that handle petabyte-scale data, enabling global users with reliable service and insights.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, data science, engineering, math, physics, or scientific discipline; OR 2+ years of professional experience building software in lieu of a degree
• 1+ years of experience in full stack development, software engineering, data engineering, or data science

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

Skills

Scala

Java

C#

Python

Go

Apache Kafka

Spark

Flink

Hive

Delta Lake

PostgreSQL

CockroachDB

Grafana

Metabase

PowerBI

Git

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, data science, engineering, math, physics, or scientific discipline

Tools

Hive

Delta Lake

PostgreSQL

CockroachDB

Grafana

Metabase

PowerBI

Git

CI/CD

Job description

SpaceX in Redmond, WA is seeking a Full Stack Software Engineer for the Starlink Data Platform to design, build, and operate the data infrastructure powering the world’s largest satellite broadband network.

The role focuses on owning end-to-end data pipelines, collaborating on architecture, and delivering scalable solutions that handle petabyte-scale data, enabling global users with reliable service and insights.