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

InvestedintheMission; Hawthorne (CA); On-site; USD 185,000 - 265,000; Full time

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.