This role pays more than
63%
of similar roles. Most pay
$148,702–$214,375
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$198k
versus about
$182k
for comparable roles.
Based on 238 similar postings.
Employer
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
680 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$130,000–$165,000
across 442 roles with salary data.
Sr. Site Reliability Engineer (Application Software) joins the application software team to build and maintain mission-critical platforms that accelerate vehicle software delivery, testing, and operations for Falcon 9, Starship, and Dragon missions while supporting Starlink growth. The role involves deploying, upgrading, and scaling products, managing infrastructure as code, utilizing modern observability tools, and collaborating with engineers to create maintainable systems. You will perform incident response, conduct blameless postmortems, provide end-user support, and eliminate performance bottlenecks. Required skills include Python development, Linux operating systems, and experience with build systems like Bazel or Make. Preferred qualifications include containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes, database management with Postgres or ClickHouse, and automation tools like Terraform or Ansible. The role focuses on solving critical problems in the software lifecycle to reduce safety-critical build times for aerospace vehicle software.
What does a Site Reliability Engineer earn in California?
Median $214000 from 54 postings across 15 companies.
SRE
DevOps
Python
Linux
Infrastructure as Code
Terraform
Ansible
Puppet
Docker
Kubernetes
Bazel
Buck
Make
MySQL
ClickHouse
JavaScript
C#
C++
Observability