Senior Data Engineer for Starlink Platform

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

401(k) retirement plan

Medical, vision, dental coverage

Paid parental leave

Vacation and holidays

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking world-class software engineers to build a scalable data platform powering Starlink. You will own end-to-end data pipelines and collaborate across teams to deliver architecture-driven solutions. Aerospace experience is not required; strong problem solving and teamwork are essential.

You will tackle challenging problems, push for first-principles thinking, and contribute to a mission that aims to connect communities with affordable broadband worldwide.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, data science, engineering, math, physics, or scientific discipline; OR 7+ years of professional experience building software in lieu of a degree
• 5+ 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 businessproblems, find efficient solutions and apply first principles thinking

Skills

Scala

Java

C#

Python

Go

Big data processing

Kafka

Spark

Flink

Databases & data lakes

Grafana/Metabase/PowerBI

Version control & CI

Statistics & ML

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Data Science/Engineering/Math/Physics

Job description

SpaceX is seeking world-class software engineers to build a scalable data platform powering Starlink. You will own end-to-end data pipelines and collaborate across teams to deliver architecture-driven solutions. Aerospace experience is not required; strong problem solving and teamwork are essential.

You will tackle challenging problems, push for first-principles thinking, and contribute to a mission that aims to connect communities with affordable broadband worldwide.