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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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Listed pay typically runs
$130,000–$165,000
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Sr. Software Engineer, Data Platform (Starlink) joins the Starlink program team to develop a highly reliable and scalable enterprise data platform capable of ingesting, processing, storing, and querying at petabyte-scale. The role involves creating new functionality and end-to-end data pipelines to improve business operations, building prototypes to quantify technical constraints, and collaborating on architecture and code reviews. Candidates will work with technologies including Scala, Java, C#, Python, or Go, alongside frontend frameworks like Angular or React. Experience with big data processing tools such as Apache Kafka, Spark, or Flink is valued, along with knowledge of databases like PostgreSQL or CockroachDB and exploration tools like Grafana or PowerBI. The position focuses on solving technical challenges to optimize the utility of satellite hardware and improve the broadband internet experience for global users.
What does a Software Engineer earn in Washington?
Median $202800 from 326 postings across 28 companies.
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 internal business operations.
Build prototypes to prove key design concepts and quantify technical constraints.
Own all aspects of software engineering and product development from conception to completion.
Solve complex business problems by applying first principles thinking to find efficient solutions.
Design, build, and maintain systems that optimize the utility of Starlink hardware.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's degree in computer science, data science, engineering, math, physics, or a scientific discipline, or 7+ years of professional software experience.
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/non-relational databases and data lakes such as Hive, Delta Lake, PostgreSQL, or CockroachDB (preferred).
Experience with data exploration tools like Grafana, Metabase, PowerBI, or similar (preferred).
Must be a U.S. citizen, national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee to meet ITAR requirements.