Sr. Site Reliability Engineer, Infrastructure

SpaceX; Bastrop (TX); In loco; USD 140.000 - 190.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

SpaceX is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer for our application software team to own compute, storage, and networking infrastructure across Starship, Starlink, Starshield, and Terafab manufacturing systems. You will work with software engineers and site teams to design reliable, scalable systems and operate at scale, with on-call rotations and travel to sites as needed.

The role requires Python development experience, strong Linux proficiency, and a track record in SRE/DevOps, with a

Competenze

• Requires a bachelor’s in CS/IS/Engineering or 7+ years in SRE/DevOps.
• 3+ years of Python development experience.
• Experience with Linux operating systems and infrastructure as code tools.

Mansioni

• Deploy, upgrade, operate, maintain, and scale compute, storage, and networking for manufacturing systems across SpaceX programs.
• Manage infrastructure as code and use observability tools to monitor platform health.
• Design for reliability, stability, and scale; identify bottlenecks and improve through measurement.

Conoscenze

Python

Linux

SRE/DevOps

On-call readiness

Formazione

Bachelor’s degree or 7+ years experience

Strumenti

Terraform

Ansible

Puppet

Docker

Kubernetes

Descrizione del lavoro

SpaceX's application software team seeks a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to own the compute, storage, and networking infrastructure supporting Starship, Starlink, Starshield, and Terafab manufacturing systems. This role directly impacts factory uptime, throughput, and production scale, combining strong software engineering fundamentals with a passion for infrastructure reliability, stability, and scalability.

What You'll Do

• Deploy, upgrade, operate, maintain, and scale compute, storage, and networking for manufacturing systems across Starship, Starlink, Starshield, and Terafab programs
• Manage infrastructure as code and use observability tools to provide complete visibility into platform health
• Design for reliability, stability, and scale; identify and remove bottlenecks through measurement and engineering
• Practice proactive maintenance including capacity planning, lifecycle management, and toil reduction before incidents occur
• Partner with software engineers, manufacturing stakeholders, and site teams to build operable and maintainable systems; participate in on-call rotations and travel to sites as needed

What You Need

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, or engineering discipline; OR 7+ years of professional experience in SRE or DevOps
• 3+ years of professional experience with Python and Python-based development frameworks
• Experience with Linux operating systems
• Ability to work extended hours and weekends as needed
• Must be a U.S. citizen, national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee; ability to pass Air Force background check for Cape Canaveral access

Nice to Have

• Experience with compute, storage, and/or networking infrastructure in production environments
• Infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or Puppet
• Containers and virtualization platforms including Docker, Kubernetes, vSphere, QEMU, or KVM
• Database experience with Postgres, Clickhouse, or similar systems
• Ability to translate high-level requirements into implementations from first principles; comfort with mission-critical systems and skillful communication across customers, peers, and management