Software Engineer, Data (Starlink)

SpaceX

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

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This role $135k

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This role pays less than 56% of similar roles. Most pay $132,500–$193,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $135k versus about $163k 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.

SpaceX currently has 604 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $130,000–$155,000 across 440 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Software Engineer, Data (Starlink)

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Join the Starlink team at SpaceX as a Software Engineer, Data, where you will develop and maintain a highly reliable and scalable enterprise data platform. Your day-to-day responsibilities include creating new functionality and end-to-end data pipelines that process petabyte-scale data, optimizing big data processing frameworks like Apache Kafka, Spark, or Flink, and working with relational and non-relational databases such as PostgreSQL and Delta Lake. You will use Scala, Java, Python, Go, Angular, React, or similar technologies to build robust solutions for complex business challenges in the aerospace industry. This role requires expertise in data exploration tools like Grafana and Metabase to ensure that users can efficiently ingest, process, store, and query large datasets.

Skills

Scala Java Python Go Angular React Apache Kafka Spark Flink Hive Delta Lake PostgreSQL CockroachDB Grafana Metabase PowerBI

What you'll do

Develop a highly reliable and scalable enterprise data platform for petabyte-scale operations.
Create new functionality to enhance business operations through end-to-end data pipelines.
Optimize in-stream, big data processing frameworks like Apache Kafka or Spark.
Work with relational and non-relational databases such as PostgreSQL or Delta Lake.
Implement data exploration tools like Grafana or Metabase for better analytics.

What we're looking for

Programming experience in Scala, Java, C#, Python, or Go
Frontend development skills with Angular, React, or similar frameworks
Experience optimizing big data processing and analytics frameworks like Apache Kafka, Spark, or Flink
Proficiency with relational and non-relational databases including Hive, Delta Lake, PostgreSQL, or CockroachDB
Knowledge of data exploration tools such as Grafana, Metabase, PowerBI

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