Senior CDN Software Engineer for Starlink

InvestedintheMission; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 165,000 - 265,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for Starlink CDN to design and scale a global content delivery network and to build robust distributed systems that support billions of users. You will own architecture reviews and drive experiments to validate future concepts.

The role requires strong C/C++/Rust skills, 3+ years in distributed systems or CDN design, and a passion for high-performance networking in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering or other STEM discipline AND 5+ years of professional experience in software development; Or 7+ years of software development experience in lieu of a degree.
• Software development experience in C, C++, or Rust.
• 3+ years of professional distributed systems experience or experience designing, building, and/ scaling a CDN system.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and scale a new Content Delivery Network (CDN) for Starlink
• Build robust, responsive, and scalable distributed systems.
• Build the necessary tools, visibility, and alerting mechanisms to effectively diagnose, operate, and maintain complex, business-critical systems in real-time.
• Design algorithms to understand and optimize hardware utilization and cost efficiency, evaluated against intuitive and business-critical performance metrics.
• Implement the systems which shape traffic across multiple CDNs.
• Participate in and lead architecture, design, and code reviews.
• Develop prototypes and manage experiments to prove out future design concepts and future use cases for Starlink.

Skills

C/C++/Rust

Distributed systems

Networking concepts

Problem solving

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science/engineering or STEM

7+ years of software development in lieu of a degree

Tools

Edge Networking

DNS

Traffic Management

Caching

Load Balancing

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for Starlink CDN to design and scale a global content delivery network and to build robust distributed systems that support billions of users. You will own architecture reviews and drive experiments to validate future concepts.

The role requires strong C/C++/Rust skills, 3+ years in distributed systems or CDN design, and a passion for high-performance networking in a fast-paced environment.