Senior Software Infrastructure Engineer

SpaceX

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Work type: On-site
Location: Redmond, WA
Salary: $165,000–$230,000 / yr
Posted: 96 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live 2 days ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $166k

This role $198k

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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 across 442 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Software Infrastructure Engineer

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As a Sr. Software Infrastructure Engineer (Starlink), you will join the team responsible for the software and network infrastructure supporting the world’s largest satellite constellation. You will design, operate, and scale core infrastructure including databases, monitoring systems, and distributed storage while managing the Kubernetes environment. Your daily work involves developing automation to manage on-premise compute resources, creating scalable software products, and building tools to improve developer velocity. The role requires hands-on integration across the Starlink stack, providing software validation through virtualized and hardware-in-the-loop platforms. You will utilize a technical stack including Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, Bash, Python, C++, and C. Key responsibilities involve managing large-scale server deployments, optimizing performance bottlenecks, and ensuring continuous integration and release systems support the massive network of satellite communications and global internet delivery.

Skills

Kubernetes Docker Terraform Ansible Python C++ C Bash Linux TCP/IP Bazel Distributed Storage Virtualization Data Modeling Site Reliability Engineering DevOps

What you'll do

Develop automation to deploy and manage on-premise compute resources.
Deploy and manage core infrastructure including databases, monitoring systems, and distributed storage.
Create tools and processes to enable fast, accurate, and easy-to-use development and deployment systems.
Provide comprehensive software validation across virtualized, hardware-in-the-loop, and on-orbit test platforms.
Perform monitoring and data analysis in support of continuous integration and release systems.
Troubleshoot and integrate components across the entire Starlink technology stack.
Identify areas for improvement to increase developer velocity through innovative infrastructure solutions.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, IT, or an engineering discipline.
5+ years of professional experience in systems administration, site reliability engineering, or DevOps (or 7+ years without a degree).
At least 2 years of professional experience with Linux operating systems.
Experience with infrastructure tools such as Terraform and Ansible.
Experience with containerization technologies including Docker and Kubernetes.
Proficiency in scripting languages like Bash and Python.
Development experience in Python, C++, or C.
Must be a U.S. citizen, national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee to meet ITAR requirements.

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