Sr. Site Reliability Engineer, Data (Application Software) jobs in United States
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SpaceX · 1 day ago

Sr. Site Reliability Engineer, Data (Application Software)

SpaceX is a pioneering aerospace company focused on developing technologies for human exploration of Mars. They are seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to manage and enhance mission-critical applications, ensuring the scalability and reliability of systems that support their ambitious goals in satellite and rocket development.

Advanced MaterialsAerospaceManufacturingNational SecuritySpace Travel
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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

Site Reliability EngineeringKubernetesData ProcessingLinuxProgramming PythonProgramming C#Programming JavaProgramming ScalaProgramming GoPerformance ImprovementCollaborationProblem Solving

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

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
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
3 weeks of paid vacation
10 or more paid holidays per year
Paid sick leave pursuant to Company policy

Company

SpaceX is an aviation and aerospace company that designs, manufactures, and launches rockets and spacecraft.

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$11.78B
Key Investors
Korea Investment PartnersIntesa SanpaoloAndreessen Horowitz
2025-12-12Secondary Market
2025-09-10Secondary Market
2025-08-13Secondary Market· $10M

Leadership Team

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Bret Johnsen
CFO
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Charles Kuehmann
VP Materials Engineering
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