Site Reliability Engineer (Starlink)

SpaceX • Palo Alto, CA

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About The Position

SpaceX is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer for its Starlink program. The role focuses on improving the use of deployed hardware and helping deliver a strong satellite internet experience to customers worldwide. The engineer will take ownership of challenging problems and work with a collaborative team to develop solutions that support Starlink’s goals. Aerospace experience is not required.

The role involves developing and operating reliable, scalable software and infrastructure across the full service lifecycle, from inception and design through deployment, operation, and iterative improvement. The engineer will work with distributed systems, multi-region infrastructure, and petabyte-scale compute clusters.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems/IT, or an engineering discipline and at least 1 year of professional experience in systems administration, site reliability engineering, or DevOps; alternatively, at least 3 years of professional experience in one of those fields in lieu of a degree.
• At least 1 year of professional experience with Linux operating systems.
• Willingness to work extended hours and weekends when needed.

Nice To Haves

• At least 1 year of experience with Python and Python-based development frameworks.
• Experience with Kubernetes and Istio for on-premise deployment.
• 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.
• Strong understanding of virtualization and hypervisor technologies.
• Knowledge of the Linux boot process and systems configuration.
• Deep understanding of testing, continuous integration, build, deployment, and continuous monitoring.
• Experience automatically managing dozens, hundreds, or thousands of servers, for example with Terraform or Ansible.
• Strong networking knowledge of TCP/IP.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to communicate with customers, peers, and management in formal and informal situations.

Responsibilities

• Upgrade existing distributed systems to be sharded and geo-redundant across multiple data centers.
• Advance deployment, monitoring, and alerting infrastructure to support a multi-region environment.
• Manage petabyte-scale bare-metal compute clusters.
• Collaborate with engineers across programs to create highly operable, scalable, and maintainable products.
• Participate throughout the software development lifecycle, from service inception and design through deployment, operation, and iterative refinement.
• Identify performance bottlenecks and apply performance-improvement techniques.

Benefits

• Potential eligibility for long-term incentives in the form of company stock or long-term cash awards.
• Potential discretionary bonuses.
• Ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Comprehensive medical coverage.
• Vision coverage.
• Dental coverage.
• 401(k) retirement plan.
• Short- and long-term disability insurance.
• Life insurance.
• Paid parental leave.
• Various other discounts and perks.
• Accrual of 3 weeks of paid vacation.
• Eligibility for 10 or more paid holidays per year.
• Paid sick leave under company policy.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level