Senior Software Engineer, Data Platform

SpaceX

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Work type: On-site
Location: Redmond, WAHawthorne, CA
Salary: $160,000–$270,000 / yr
Posted: 62 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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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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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer, Data Platform

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As a Sr. Software Engineer, Data Platform (Starlink), you will join the Starlink program team to develop a highly reliable and scalable enterprise data platform. You will be responsible for building end-to-end data pipelines to ingest, process, store, and query data at a petabyte-scale. Your daily work involves creating new functionality, building prototypes to prove design concepts, and collaborating on architecture and code reviews. The role requires proficiency in programming languages such as Scala, Java, C#, Python, or Go, along with frontend experience in Angular or React. You will utilize big data frameworks like Apache Kafka, Spark, or Flink, and manage databases including PostgreSQL and CockroachDB. This position solves technical challenges to improve hardware utilization and provide broadband internet access to underserved communities.

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Skills

Scala Java C# Python Go Angular React JavaScript Apache Kafka Spark Flink Hive Delta Lake PostgreSQL CockroachDB Grafana Metabase PowerBI Machine Learning Version Control

What you'll do

Develop a highly reliable and scalable enterprise data platform for petabyte-scale ingestion, processing, storage, and querying.
Create new functionality and end-to-end data pipelines to improve 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 projects.
Deep dive into business problems to find efficient solutions using first principles thinking.
Perform 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.
7+ years of professional experience building software in lieu of a degree.
5+ years of experience in full stack development, software engineering, data engineering, or data science.
Programming experience in Scala, Java, C#, Python, Go or similar languages (preferred).
Frontend experience in Angular, React, or similar JavaScript frameworks (preferred).
Experience optimizing in-stream, big data processing and analytics frameworks like Apache Kafka, Spark, Flink, or similar (preferred).
Experience with relational and non-relational databases, data lakes e.g. Hive, Delta Lake, PostgreSQL, CockroachDB or similar (preferred).
Must be a U.S. citizen, national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, asylee, or eligible for required Department of State authorizations.

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