Sr. Site Reliability Engineer - Top Secret Clearance; Starlink

Space

X was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today Space

X is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars.

At Space

X we’re leveraging our experience in building rockets and spacecraft to deploy Starlink, the world’s most advanced broadband internet system. Starlink is the world’s largest satellite constellation and is providing fast, reliable internet to 9M+ users worldwide. We design, build, test, and operate all parts of the system – thousands of satellites, consumer receivers that allow users to connect within minutes of unboxing, and the software that brings it all together.

We’ve only begun to scratch the surface of Starlink’s potential global impact and are looking for the world’s best engineers to help maximize Starlink’s utility for communities and businesses around the globe.

As a Sr. Site Reliability Engineer on the Starlink program, you will be solving challenges that improve our ability to fully utilize the hardware we have deployed. Our goal is to provide customers with the best possible satellite internet experience, often providing under-served communities with affordable, life‑changing broadband internet access.

Aerospace experience is not required for success here – rather, we look for smart, motivated, and collaborative site reliability engineers who love solving problems and want to make an impact on a truly inspiring mission. You will have full ownership of challenging problems, working with a team of enthusiastic engineers to design and produce solutions that enable Space

X to move towards our goals at a rapid pace. The success of the missions at Space

X depends on the software that you and your team produce.

• Upgrade existing distributed systems to become sharded and geo‑redundant in multiple data centers
• Advance existing deployment, monitoring, and alerting infrastructure to support a multi‑region environment
• Manage petabyte scale bare metal compute clusters
• Closely collaborate with engineers across all programs to create highly operable, scalable, and maintainable products
• Engage throughout the whole software development lifecycle of services – from inception to design, deployment, operation, and iterative refinement
• Focus on performance bottlenecks and performance improvement techniques

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, math, or scientific discipline and 5 years of software development experience; OR 7+ years of professional experience building software with site reliability or Dev Ops in lieu of a degree
• Experience with Linux operating systems

• 5+ years of rigorous experience with site reliability or Dev Ops
• Experience with Kubernetes and Istio for on‑premise deployment
• Experience with in‑stream, data processing and analytics using open source platforms such as Apache Kafka, Spark, HBase, HDFS, Flink
• Experience troubleshooting hardware and network‑layer issues
• Programming experience in Python, C#, Java, Scala, Goor similar languages
• Good understanding of version control, testing, continuous integration, build, deployment and monitoring

• Willing to work extended hours and weekends when needed
• Active Top Secret or TS/SCI. Note that an active clearance may provide the opportunity for you to work on sensitive Space
  
  X missions. If so, you will be subject to pre‑employment drug and random drug and alcohol testing

Pay Range:
Software Engineer/Senior: $ - $ per year

Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case‑by‑case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job‑related knowledge and skills, education, and experience. Those with an active clearance will receive a 10% differential, up to an additional $15,000 annually, once officially briefed into a classified program.

Base salary is just one part of your total rewards package  may also be eligible for long‑term incentives, in the form of company…