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of similar roles. Most pay
$137,500–$202,500
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At the midpoint, this role pays about
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versus about
$170k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 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
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Listed pay typically runs
$130,000–$165,000
across 442 roles with salary data.
Sr. Software Engineer, Data (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 prove design concepts, and owning all aspects of software engineering and product development. Candidates will work with technologies including Scala, Java, C#, Python, or Go; frontend frameworks like Angular or React; and big data processing tools such as Apache Kafka, Spark, or Flink. Experience with relational and non-relational databases like PostgreSQL or CockroachDB, along with exploration tools like Grafana or PowerBI, is preferred. The role focuses on solving technical challenges to optimize the utility of a large satellite constellation providing broadband internet access to global communities.
What does a Software Engineer earn in California?
Median $214000 from 775 postings across 63 companies.
Develop a 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 validate key design concepts and quantify technical constraints.
Own all aspects of software engineering and product development from conception to completion.
Apply first principles thinking to identify and solve complex business problems efficiently.
Design and produce high-quality code for mission-critical systems in a fast-paced environment.
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, data lakes, and data exploration tools (preferred).
Understanding of version control, testing, CI/CD, build, deployment, monitoring, statistics, and machine learning (preferred).
Must be a U.S. citizen, national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee to meet ITAR requirements.