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Data Engineer (Starlink) at SpaceX in Redmond, WA
Entry LevelOn-siteFull-timeRedmond, WA$145k–$175k/yr
Skills
data engineeringdata sciencemachine learningsparkprestoflinksnowflakeparquetkubernetesetl designin-stream data processingpredictive modeling
Job Description
Summary: SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. The Data Engineer (Starlink) will be responsible for developing strategies and tools to assess the effectiveness of the Starlink Network, collaborating with various engineering teams to maximize its utility for users worldwide.
Responsibilities:
- Build and maintain mission-critical infrastructure, tools, processes, and custom software to objectively assess growth areas for the Starlink program
- Automate the aggregation of metrics and detection of widespread application issues across Starlink
- Establish and maintain relationships with key third-party application/content owners
- Lead technical investigations about chronic application-level issues
- Build ground-based software systems that ingest, transform, and store data
- Apply data analytics, models, and techniques to data products created by space vehicles
- Create catalogs of data and tools that can be used by you and other teams to perform analytics
- Fuse data from multiple sources to create usable information
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, data science, physics, mathematics, or a STEM discipline
- 1+ years of data/software engineering experience (internship experience is applicable)
- Experience in analytics, data science, or machine learning
- Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed
Preferred Qualifications:
- Professional experience in analytics, data science, or machine learning
- Experience using Spark, Presto, Flink, or Snowflake
- Experience building solutions with Parquet, or similar storage formats
- Knowledge of Kubernetes
- Experience building solutions with in-stream data processing of structured and semi-structured data
- Experience building predictive models and machine learning pipelines (clustering analysis, prediction, anomaly detection)
- Experience in custom ETL design, implementation, and maintenance
- Experience handling large (TB+) datasets
- Experience with developing and deploying tools used for data analysis
- Ability to work effectively in a dynamic environment that includes working with changing needs and requirements
- Ability to take on projects that require taking initiative and developing new expertise
Required Skills: Data Engineering, Data Science, Machine Learning, Spark, Presto, Flink, Snowflake, Parquet, Kubernetes, ETL Design, In-stream Data Processing, Predictive Modeling
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, Access to a 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, 5 days of sick leave per year, Company shuttles are offered to employees for round trip travel from select Seattle locations to the SpaceX Redmond office Monday to Friday
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
Access to a 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
5 days of sick leave per year
Company shuttles are offered to employees for round trip travel from select Seattle locations to the SpaceX Redmond office Monday to Friday