Senior Data Software Engineer for Satellite Internet

SpaceX; Hawthorne (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 265,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Medical, vision, dental

401(k)

Paid vacation & holidays

Job summary

SpaceX's Starlink program seeks a Sr. Software Engineer, Data to design, implement, and operate a scalable data platform ingesting, processing, storing, and analyzing petabyte-scale data from satellites and ground networks.

The role includes owning end-to-end data pipelines, collaborating on architecture and code reviews, and delivering high reliability in a fast-paced aerospace environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or 7+ years software experience.
• 5+ years in full stack, data engineering, or data science.

Responsibilities

• Develop a reliable, scalable data platform for petabyte-scale workloads.
• Create end-to-end data pipelines to support business operations.
• Collaborate on architecture, design, and code reviews.
• Build prototypes to validate design concepts and constraints.
• Own all aspects of software engineering and product development.
• Analyze business problems and apply first principles thinking.

Skills

Programming languages & data tooling

Big data processing

Statistics & ML

Version control

Full stack & data eng

Education

Bachelor's degree or 7+ years experience

Tools

Scala/Java/C#

Frontend JS frameworks

Kafka/Spark/Flink

Databases & data lakes

Grafana/Metabase/PowerBI

Job description

SpaceX's Starlink program seeks a Sr. Software Engineer, Data to design, implement, and operate a scalable data platform ingesting, processing, storing, and analyzing petabyte-scale data from satellites and ground networks.

The role includes owning end-to-end data pipelines, collaborating on architecture and code reviews, and delivering high reliability in a fast-paced aerospace environment.