SpaceX · 3 months ago
Sr. Site Reliability Engineer, Data (Application Software)
Hawthorne, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expSpaceX was founded with the vision of enabling human life on Mars through advanced technologies. They are seeking a Sr. Site Reliability Engineer to manage and enhance mission-critical applications that support their launch vehicle production and flight, as well as the global Starlink network. The role involves collaborating with engineers to create scalable and maintainable products while focusing on performance improvements.
Advanced MaterialsAerospaceManufacturingNational SecuritySpace Travel
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
Qualification
Required
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 DevOps in lieu of a degree
Experience with Linux operating systems
Willing to work extended hours and weekends when needed
Preferred
5+ 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
Benefits
Long-term incentives, in the form of company stock, stock options, or long-term cash awards
Potential discretionary bonuses
The ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
401(k) retirement plan
Short & long-term disability insurance
Life insurance
Paid parental leave
Various other discounts and perks
3 weeks of paid vacation
10 or more paid holidays per year
Paid sick leave pursuant to Company policy
Company
SpaceX
SpaceX is an aviation and aerospace company that designs, manufactures, and launches rockets and spacecraft.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$11.78BKey Investors
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Leadership Team
Bret Johnsen
CFO
Charles Kuehmann
VP Materials Engineering
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