Site Reliability Engineer, Data (Application Software)

SpaceX • Hawthorne, CA

485d • $120,000 - $145,000

About The Position

The Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) for Data at SpaceX plays a crucial role in developing and maintaining mission-critical applications that support the company's ambitious goals, including the production of launch vehicles and the expansion of the Starlink network. This position involves collaborating with engineers across various programs to enhance system reliability, scalability, and performance, ensuring that software solutions effectively contribute to SpaceX's mission of enabling human life on Mars.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, math, or scientific discipline; OR 2+ years of professional experience building software with site reliability or DevOps in lieu of a degree
• Experience with Linux operating systems

Nice To Haves

• 2+ years of rigorous experience with site reliability or DevOps
• 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, Go or similar languages
• Good understanding of version control, testing, continuous integration, build, deployment and monitoring

Responsibilities

• 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

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Short & long-term disability insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid parental leave
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• 3 weeks of paid vacation
• 10 or more paid holidays per year
• 5 days of sick leave per year
• Potential discretionary bonuses
• Long-term incentives in the form of company stock or cash awards
• Various discounts and perks

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Transportation Equipment Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree