Senior CDN Engineer: Build the World’s Fastest Global Network

InvestedintheMission

Hawthorne (CA)

On-site

USD 185,000 - 265,000

Full time

14 days+
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Benefits offered by this job

Stock options
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Medical, vision, and dental
401(k) retirement plan
Paid vacation (3 weeks)
Paid holidays (10+)
Company shuttles

Job summary

SpaceX in Hawthorne, CA, is seeking a Sr. Software Engineer for Starlink CDN to design, build, and scale a global content delivery network. You will develop robust distributed systems and drive performance, reliability, and cost efficiency.

Candidates should have 5+ years in software development (C, C++, or Rust) and deep distributed systems or CDN experience; 3+ years networking. SpaceX offers stock options, comprehensive benefits, and a strong engineering culture.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering or STEM with 5+ years of professional software development, or 7+ years without a degree.
  • Software development experience in C, C++, or Rust.
  • 3+ years of distributed systems experience or designing, building, and scaling a CDN.

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and scale a new CDN for Starlink.
  • Build robust, scalable distributed systems.
  • Develop tools, visibility, and alerting to diagnose, operate, and maintain complex systems in real time.
  • Design algorithms to optimize hardware utilization and cost efficiency.
  • Implement traffic shaping across multiple CDNs.
  • Lead architecture, design, and code reviews.
  • Prototype and run experiments for future Starlink concepts.

Skills

C
C++
Rust
Distributed systems
Networking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering or STEM
Advanced degree in computer science or engineering

Job description

SpaceX in Hawthorne, CA, is seeking a Sr. Software Engineer for Starlink CDN to design, build, and scale a global content delivery network. You will develop robust distributed systems and drive performance, reliability, and cost efficiency.

Candidates should have 5+ years in software development (C, C++, or Rust) and deep distributed systems or CDN experience; 3+ years networking. SpaceX offers stock options, comprehensive benefits, and a strong engineering culture.

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