Senior Data Platform Engineer for Starlink

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

Job summary

SpaceX in Redmond, WA is seeking a Sr. Software Engineer for the Data Platform on the Starlink program.

You will own end-to-end data pipelines, build scalable enterprise data tooling, and collaborate across teams to deliver reliable satellite internet data capabilities. The role requires 5+ years in software or data roles, experience with full-stack data engineering, and proficiency in languages such as Scala, Java, Python or Go.

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

Kafka

Spark

Flink

Hive

Delta Lake

PostgreSQL

CockroachDB

Grafana

Metabase

PowerBI

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

SpaceX in Redmond, WA is seeking a Sr. Software Engineer for the Data Platform on the Starlink program.

You will own end-to-end data pipelines, build scalable enterprise data tooling, and collaborate across teams to deliver reliable satellite internet data capabilities. The role requires 5+ years in software or data roles, experience with full-stack data engineering, and proficiency in languages such as Scala, Java, Python or Go.