Software Engineer, Network Monitoring (Starlink)

Summary

SpaceX is actively developing technologies to enable human life on Mars and is seeking a Software Engineer for their Starlink Network Monitoring team. In this role, you will design, build, and scale software that powers observability for the Starlink network, enabling real-time alerting and generating performance metrics to enhance customer quality of service and network health.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable, fault-tolerant data ingestion pipelines to reliably consume raw, high-volume telemetry streams from Starlink satellites, user terminals, gateways, and ground infrastructure in real time
• Process and transform raw telemetry (metrics, logs, events, traces) into structured, enriched, and immediately usable formats that drive alerting, analytics, and decision-making
• Develop frontend visualizations, interactive dashboards, and UI components that present processed data in clear, real-time views for monitoring teams and stakeholders
• Drive automation to reduce manual effort in network monitoring operations and improve anomaly detection accuracy
• Maintain high software standards and software engineering best practices across the full stack
• Deep dive into business problems, find efficient solutions and apply first principles thinking

Skills

• Bachelors degree in STEM & 1+ year of industry and/or internship experience; OR 3+ years of professional software development experience in lieu of a STEM degree
• Ability to work extended hours or weekends as needed for mission critical deadlines
• Ability to work on an 'on-call' basis on a weeklong rotational schedule
• To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State
• Frontend experience in Angular, React, or a similar JavaScript framework
• Programming experience in Python, C#, .NET, Go, Scala, Java, or similar object-oriented language
• Familiarity with real-time analytics and anomaly detection systems
• Experience with PostgreSQL, CockroachDB, or similar relational database technologies
• Production experience with infrastructure tools such as Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience designing, building, and optimizing large-scale distributed systems for processing and querying high-volume data
• A drive to deliver exceptional operations tools and willingness to own all outcomes

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Bachelors degree in STEM & 1+ year of industry and/or internship experience; OR 3+ years of professional software development experience in lieu of a STEM degree
• Ability to work extended hours or weekends as needed for mission critical deadlines
• Ability to work on an 'on-call' basis on a weeklong rotational schedule
• To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State

Nice to Haves

• Frontend experience in Angular, React, or a similar JavaScript framework
• Programming experience in Python, C#, .NET, Go, Scala, Java, or similar object-oriented language
• Familiarity with real-time analytics and anomaly detection systems
• Experience with PostgreSQL, CockroachDB, or similar relational database technologies
• Production experience with infrastructure tools such as Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience designing, building, and optimizing large-scale distributed systems for processing and querying high-volume data
• A drive to deliver exceptional operations tools and willingness to own all outcomes

Benefits

• 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
• Access to comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
• Access to a 401(k) retirement plan
• Short and long-term disability insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid parental leave
• Various other discounts and perks
• 3 weeks of paid vacation
• Eligible for 10 or more paid holidays per year
• Employees accrue paid sick leave pursuant to Company policy which satisfies or exceeds the accrual, carryover, and use requirements of the law