Software Engineer (Starlink Ground Network)
Redmond, WA · 1+ years experience · Posted Sep 25, 2026
At a glance
- Experience
- 1+ years experience
- Location
- Redmond, WA
About the role
- As a Software Engineer on the Ground Network team, you will own software systems that enable capacity planning for the next generation of Starlink’s global ground infrastructure.
- You will build tools, models, and services that let us forecast demand, optimize deployments, quantify costs, and scale the network to serve tens of millions of users while maintaining reliability and cost efficiency.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain highly reliable software for capacity planning, forecasting, and optimization of the Starlink Ground Network.
- Develop scalable data pipelines, and backend services that ingest telemetry, inventory, cost, and usage data to produce actionable capacity models and KPIs.
- Create simulation, optimization, and forecasting engines that predict future ground-network needs, identify bottlenecks, and recommend deployment strategies.
- Collaborate with network engineers, operators, software teams, and external partners to close the loop between planning models and real-world performance.
- Own the full software lifecycle: architecture, implementation, testing, deployment, monitoring, and rapid iteration in a fast-changing environment.
- Apply first-principles thinking to deep-dive into capacity, cost, and scaling problems; prototype solutions and quantify technical constraints.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, math, physics, or a STEM discipline; OR 3+ years of professional software development experience in lieu of a degree (internship experience is applicable).
- 1+ years of professional experience in software engineering, data engineering, or related fields.
- Development experience in an object-oriented or systems programming language (C++, Python, Go, Java, C#, or similar).
- 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.
Preferred qualifications
- Experience building capacity-planning, forecasting, or optimization systems (inventory, logistics, supply-chain, or network infrastructure).
- Strong backend experience with APIs, data pipelines, and in-stream processing of structured/semi-structured data (Kafka, Spark, Flink, or similar).
- Experience with relational and non-relational databases, data lakes, and ETL/ELT pipelines.
- Familiarity with Kubernetes, Docker, and production deployment/monitoring practices.
- Experience with data visualization and dashboarding tools (Grafana, Metabase, PowerBI, or similar).
- Knowledge of networking principles, OSI model, or large-scale infrastructure.
- Experience with numerical optimization, graph algorithms, simulation, or predictive modeling.
- Ability to take initiative, work in ambiguous/dynamic environments, and deliver end-to-end solutions.
Benefits
- Long-term incentives in the form of company stock or long-term cash awards
- Potential discretionary bonuses
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Short and long-term disability insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid parental leave
- Paid vacation
- Paid holidays
Workplace
- Company shuttles are offered to employees for roundtrip travel from select Seattle locations to the SpaceX Redmond office Monday to Friday.
Skills
- C++
- Python
- Go
- Java
- C#
- Kafka
- Spark
- Flink
- Kubernetes
- Docker
- Grafana
- Metabase
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- PowerBI
