SpaceX

Technology

SoftwareInfrastructureEngineer(Starlink)

$135–175k ~AI est. Palo Alto, California, United States
The Brief

“Software Infrastructure Engineer (Starlink) at SpaceX. Skills: Infrastructure engineering, DevOps, Site reliability. Develop automation to deploy compute resources. Manage on-premise compute resources”

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Troubleshooting

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems/IT, or engineering discipline, 1+ years of professional experience in systems administration, site reliability engineering, or DevOps, 3+ years of professional experience in systems administration, site reliability engineering, or DevOps in lieu of a degree, 1+ years of professional experience with Linux operating systems, Experience with Terraform, Ansible, or other infrastructure tools, Experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes), Experience in Bash, Python, and/or other scripting languages, Development experience in Python, C++ or C

Nice to Have

1+ years of experience with Python and Python-based development frameworks, Understanding of virtualization and hypervisor technologies, Knowledge of Linux boot process and systems configuration, Deep understanding of testing, continuous integration, build, deployment

What You'll Do.

Develop automation to deploy compute resources

Manage on-premise compute resources

Deploy core infrastructure

Manage core infrastructure

Collaborate with software engineers

Create scalable products

Create operable products

Create maintainable products

Engage in service lifecycle

Improve service lifecycle

Enable fast development

Enable accurate development

Enable easy-to-use development

Provide software validation

Perform virtualized testing

Perform hardware-in-the-loop testing

Perform on-orbit test platforms

Support continuous integration

Support release system

Integrate Starlink stack

Troubleshoot Starlink stack

Create core infrastructure

Manage core infrastructure

Manage software libraries

Identify areas for improvement

Create innovative solutions

Enable high developer velocity

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Collaborate with software engineers; Collaborate with engineering

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