Software Engineer, CDN

SpaceX

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Work type: On-site
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Salary: $125,000–$175,000 / yr
Posted: 44 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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This role $150k

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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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Listed pay typically runs $130,000–$165,000 across 442 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Software Engineer, CDN

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Software Engineer, CDN (Starlink) joins the CDN team to build scalable distributed systems that underpin future offerings for the Starlink broadband internet system. The role involves designing, building, and scaling a new Content Delivery Network while developing tools, visibility, and alerting mechanisms to maintain business-critical systems in real-time. Responsibilities include designing algorithms to optimize hardware utilization and cost efficiency, implementing traffic shaping across multiple CDNs, and managing experiments to prove future design concepts. Candidates should possess experience in C, C++, or Rust. Preferred qualifications include expertise in networking, distributed systems, Edge Networking, DNS, Traffic Management, Caching, Load Balancing, SSL/TLS, and DDoS protection. The role requires applying knowledge of network topology, numerical optimization, and graph theory to solve complex problems within the satellite broadband infrastructure and global internet connectivity space.

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Skills

C C++ Rust CDN Distributed Systems Networking Edge Networking DNS Traffic Management Caching Load Balancing SSL/TLS DDoS Protection Monitoring Graph Theory Convex Optimization

What you'll do

Design, build, and scale a new Content Delivery Network (CDN) for Starlink.
Build robust, responsive, and scalable distributed systems.
Create tools, visibility, and alerting mechanisms to diagnose and maintain business-critical systems in real-time.
Design algorithms to optimize hardware utilization and cost efficiency against performance metrics.
Implement systems that manage and shape traffic across multiple CDNs.
Lead architecture, design, and code reviews for the engineering team.
Develop prototypes and manage experiments to validate future design concepts and use cases.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or another STEM field is required, or 2+ years of professional software development experience.
Experience in software development using C, C++, or Rust.
Experience with distributed systems and/or designing, building, and scaling CDN systems.
Experience working on complex networking systems across layers 0-7.
Knowledge of Edge Networking, DNS, Traffic Management, Caching, Load Balancing, SSL/TLS, or DDoS protection.
Proficiency in network topology, numerical optimization techniques, graph theory, or convex optimization.
Ability to develop, debug, and deploy scalable software for real-world applications.
Must be a U.S. citizen, national, lawful permanent resident, or eligible for required export control authorizations.