Sr. Site Reliability Engineer (Application Software, Data)

SpaceX(1 day ago)

Hawthorne, CAOnsiteFull TimeSenior$160,000 - $220,000Application Software

About this role

Senior Site Reliability Engineer on the Application Software team responsible for building and scaling mission-critical applications that support Starship, Starlink, and Starshield. The role focuses on ensuring reliability, scalability, and operability of distributed data systems and large bare-metal compute clusters across multi-region environments. You'll collaborate across programs to enable rapid production and flight operations through robust software solutions.

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Required Skills

Site Reliability
DevOps
Linux
Kubernetes
Istio
Apache Kafka
Apache Spark
HBase
HDFS
Flink

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Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Related Field
ITAR Eligibility (US Citizen/Green Card/Asylee/Refugee)

About SpaceX

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SpaceX is an aerospace manufacturer and launch services company that designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. Founded in 2002 to revolutionize space technology and ultimately enable human life on other planets, it developed the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets, the Dragon crew/cargo spacecraft, and the next‑generation Starship — with a strong emphasis on reusable boosters. SpaceX provides commercial and government launch services (including crewed ISS missions, satellite deployments and rideshares) and operates the Starlink broadband constellation. The company is known for rapid iterative development and cost‑reduction through reuse to expand access to space.