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At the midpoint, this role pays about
$215k
versus about
$179k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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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
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Listed pay typically runs
$130,000–$165,000
across 590 roles with salary data.
As a Sr. Site Reliability Engineer (Starlink), you will join the Starlink program team to improve the ability to fully utilize deployed hardware for the world’s largest satellite constellation. You will have full ownership of challenging problems, working with engineers to design and produce solutions that ensure a high-quality satellite internet experience. Day-to-day responsibilities include upgrading distributed systems to be sharded and geo-redundant, managing petabyte-scale bare metal compute clusters, and advancing deployment, monitoring, and alerting infrastructure for multi-region environments. You will engage throughout the software development lifecycle to address performance bottlenecks. Required skills include Linux operating systems and software development experience. Preferred technical proficiencies include Kubernetes, Istio, Apache Kafka, Spark, HBase, HDFS, Flink, and programming in Python, C#, Java, Scala, or Go.
What does a Site Reliability Engineer earn in California?
Median $202800 from 62 postings across 16 companies.
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