Senior Data Software Engineer – High-Scale Data Pipelines

Future Ventures; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Medical, vision, and dental coverage

401(k) retirement plan

Paid parental leave

3 weeks paid vacation + 10+ holidays

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Data (Starlink) to help design and scale the data infrastructure powering Starlink’s broadband platform. You will own data pipelines, build reliable systems, and collaborate with cross‑functional teams to deliver high-impact solutions.

The role emphasizes data engineering, big data processing, and strong software craftsmanship, with competitive compensation andbenefits. Candidates should be ready for a fast-paced, impact-driven environment.

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 business problems, find efficient solutions and apply first principles thinking

Skills

Scala/Java/C#

Python

JavaScript frameworks

Big data processing

SQL/NoSQL databases

Data visualization tools

Version control & CI

Statistics & ML

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Apache Kafka

Spark

Flink

Hive/Delta Lake/PostgreSQL/CockroachDB

Grafana/Metabase/PowerBI

Git/CI/CD

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Data (Starlink) to help design and scale the data infrastructure powering Starlink’s broadband platform. You will own data pipelines, build reliable systems, and collaborate with cross‑functional teams to deliver high-impact solutions.

The role emphasizes data engineering, big data processing, and strong software craftsmanship, with competitive compensation andbenefits. Candidates should be ready for a fast-paced, impact-driven environment.