Telemetry Software Engineer - Distributed Data at Scale

InvestedintheMission; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Medical, dental, vision

Paid parental leave

401(k)

Job summary

SpaceX in Redmond, WA is seeking a Software Engineer, Telemetry (Starlink) to design, build, and operate a highly reliable telemetry platform, ingesting and querying petabyte-scale data. You’ll collaborate with satellite and rocket teams, own the software and hardware stack, and solve challenging problems with first principles thinking.

We value curiosity, teamwork, and impact; aerospace experience is not required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, data science, engineering, math, physics, or scientific discipline; OR 2+ years of professional experience building software in lieu of a degree.
• 1+ years of experience in full stack development, software engineering, data engineering, or data science

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate a highly reliable, distributed telemetry platform capable of ingesting, processing, storing, and querying data at petabyte scale
• Collaborate with other engineers on architecture, design, and code reviews
• Partner closely with satellite and rocket teams to understand real mission needs and translate them into elegant technical solutions
• Take full end-to-end ownership of the complete software and hardware stack
• Deep dive into business problems, find efficient solutions and apply first principles thinking

Skills

C#

Java

Distributed systems

Kubernetes

Linux

CI/CD

Testing

Education

Bachelor's degree or 2+ years experience alternative

Tools

Git

CI/CD tools

Job description

SpaceX in Redmond, WA is seeking a Software Engineer, Telemetry (Starlink) to design, build, and operate a highly reliable telemetry platform, ingesting and querying petabyte-scale data. You’ll collaborate with satellite and rocket teams, own the software and hardware stack, and solve challenging problems with first principles thinking.

We value curiosity, teamwork, and impact; aerospace experience is not required.