Senior Software Engineer, Telemetry

SpaceX

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Work type: On-site
Location: Hawthorne, CARedmond, WA
Salary: $165,000–$265,000 / yr
Posted: 90 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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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, Telemetry

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As a Sr. Software Engineer, Telemetry (Starlink), you will join the Starlink program team to solve complex challenges regarding hardware utilization and satellite internet experience. You will have full ownership of the software and hardware stack, designing, building, and operating a highly reliable, distributed telemetry platform capable of ingesting, processing, storing, and querying data at petabyte scale. Your daily work involves collaborating on architecture and code reviews while partnering with satellite and rocket teams to translate mission needs into technical solutions. The role requires proficiency in C# or Java, experience with large-scale distributed systems, and hands-on knowledge of Kubernetes, containerized deployments, Linux, version control, testing, CI/CD, and monitoring systems. You will apply first principles thinking to solve business problems within the satellite broadband domain.

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Skills

C# Java Kubernetes Linux CI/CD Distributed Systems Containerized Deployments Version Control Monitoring Systems Full Stack Development

What you'll do

Design, build, and operate a highly reliable, distributed telemetry platform.
Ingest, process, store, and query data at a petabyte scale.
Translate real mission needs from satellite and rocket teams into technical solutions.
Take full end-to-end ownership of the complete software and hardware stack.
Solve business problems using first principles thinking to find efficient solutions.
Perform architecture, design, and code reviews with other engineers.

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 or software engineering.
Programming experience in C#, Java, or similar languages (preferred).
Experience designing, building, and optimizing large-scale distributed systems for high-volume data (preferred).
Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and containerized deployments (preferred).
Working knowledge of Linux, version control, testing, CI/CD, deployment, and monitoring systems (preferred).
Must be a U.S. citizen, national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, asylee, or eligible for required ITAR authorizations.

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