Data Scientist (Starlink)

SpaceX

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Work type: On-site
Location: Redmond, WA
Salary: $125,000–$145,000 / yr
Posted: today

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Similar $151k

This role $135k

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This role pays less than 56% of similar roles. Most pay $126,800–$174,262 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $135k versus about $151k for comparable roles.

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About SpaceX

SpaceX designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft with the mission of enabling humans to become a multi-planetary species. It operates the Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, and Starship launch vehicles, as well as the Starlink satellite internet constellation.

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TL;DR · Data Scientist (Starlink)

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As a Data Scientist at Starlink, you will join the dynamic and innovative team responsible for scaling and optimizing the global satellite network serving millions of users. Your primary responsibilities include building mission-critical infrastructure, automating metric aggregation, leading technical investigations, and creating ground-based software systems to ingest, transform, and store data from space vehicles. You will work closely with operators, engineers, and external partners to ensure seamless growth and reliability. Key skills required are experience with Spark, Presto, Flink, Snowflake, Kubernetes, in-stream data processing, predictive modeling, ETL design, and handling large datasets. This role demands expertise in analytics, machine learning, and the ability to develop new solutions independently within a rapidly expanding space technology domain.

Skills

Spark Presto Flink Snowflake Kubernetes Parquet ETL Python SQL Machine Learning Clustering Analysis Anomaly Detection CI/CD Docker Prometheus Grafana

What you'll do

Build and maintain mission-critical infrastructure to assess Starlink's growth.
Automate the aggregation of metrics for detecting widespread application issues.
Lead technical investigations into chronic application-level problems.
Create ground-based software systems that ingest, transform, and store data.
Fuse data from multiple sources to generate usable information.

What we're looking for

Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field (e.g., computer science, data science)
1+ years of data/software engineering experience
Experience with analytics, data science, and machine learning
Proficiency in Spark, Presto, Flink, or Snowflake
Knowledge of Kubernetes and custom ETL design
Ability to handle large datasets (TB+) and build predictive models
Initiative to take on new projects and develop expertise independently

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