Software Engineer, Data

SpaceX

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Work type: On-site
Location: Hawthorne, CA
Salary: $125,000–$160,000 / yr
Posted: 89 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role $142k

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This role pays less than 72% of similar roles. Most pay $137,500–$200,625 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $142k versus about $169k 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 851 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $130,000–$165,000 across 590 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Software Engineer, Data

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Software Engineer, Data - Top Secret Clearance (Starlink) joins the Starlink program to solve challenges improving hardware utilization and broadband internet experience. You will develop highly reliable, scalable data pipelines, create new business applications, and build prototypes to quantify technical constraints. This role involves full ownership of software engineering and product development, including architecture, design, and code reviews. You will utilize programming languages such as Python, C#, Java, Scala, or Go. Technical requirements include experience with in-stream big data processing using Apache Kafka, Spark, Flink, and SQL, alongside relational and non-relational databases like PostgreSQL or CockroachDB. You will also use tools like Grafana, Jupyter Notebooks, and React. The work focuses on maximizing the utility of the world’s largest satellite constellation for global communities.

What does a Software Engineer earn in California?

Median $214500 from 1193 postings across 76 companies.

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Skills

Python C# Java Scala Go Apache Kafka Spark Flink SQL HBase Hive Delta Lake PostgreSQL CockroachDB Grafana Jupyter Notebooks Metabase PowerBI Angular React JavaScript Machine Learning Data Pipelines

What you'll do

Develop highly reliable and scalable data pipelines to empower engineers across the company.
Create new applications that improve internal business operations.
Build prototypes to prove out key design concepts and quantify technical constraints.
Own all aspects of software engineering and product development for assigned tasks.
Deep dive into business problems to find efficient solutions using first principles thinking.
Participate in architecture, design, and code reviews with peers.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's degree in computer science, data science, engineering, math, physics, or scientific discipline; OR 2+ years of professional software experience.
1+ years of experience in full stack development, software engineering, data engineering, or data science.
Active Top-Secret or Top-Secret SCI clearance.
U.S. citizen, national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee eligible for Department of State authorization.
Programming experience in Python, C#, Java, Scala, Go, or similar languages (preferred).
Experience with in-stream, big data processing and analytics using Apache Kafka, Spark, Flink, SQL, or similar (preferred).
Experience with relational and non-relational databases, data lakes, or data exploration tools (preferred).
TOP SECRET CLEARANCE (STARLINK).

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