Senior Software Infrastructure Engineer (Starlink)

TL;DR

Senior Software Infrastructure Engineer (Starlink): Building and optimizing infrastructure to run the world’s largest satellite constellation and manage a network for millions of daily users with an accent on developer operations, site reliability, and Kubernetes environment. Focus on developing automation for on-premise compute resources, creating scalable software products, and ensuring system reliability for Starlink.

Location: Redmond, WA. This position requires working onsite at the hirify.global Redmond office. Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful permanent resident, Refugee, or Asylee to conform to U.S. Government export regulations. Company shuttles are available from select Seattle locations.

Salary: $160,000.00 – $220,000.00/per year

Company

hirify.global is leveraging its experience in building rockets and spacecraft to deploy Starlink, the world’s most advanced broadband internet system, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars.

What you will do

• Develop automation for deploying and managing on-premise compute resources.
• Deploy and manage core infrastructure including databases, monitoring, and distributed storage.
• Collaborate closely with software engineers to create highly scalable, operable, and maintainable products.
• Engage in the full lifecycle of services from inception and design through deployment, operation, and refinement.
• Invent tools and processes to enable fast, accurate, and easy-to-use development and deployment systems.
• Perform hands-on integration and troubleshooting across the entire Starlink stack.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems/IT, or an engineering discipline with 5+ years of professional experience in systems administration, site reliability engineering, or DevOps; OR 7+ years of professional experience in lieu of a degree.
• 2+ years of professional experience with Linux operating systems.
• Experience with Terraform, Ansible, or other infrastructure tools.
• Experience with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience in Bash, Python, and/or other scripting languages.
• Development experience in Python, C++, or C.
• Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed.

Nice to have

• 3+ years of experience with Python and Python-based development frameworks.
• Strong understanding of virtualization and hypervisor technologies.
• Deep understanding of testing, continuous integration, build, deployment & continuous monitoring.
• Strong networking knowledge of TCP/IP.

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage.
• Access to a 401(k)-retirement plan, long-term incentives (stock/options), and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Paid parental leave, 3 weeks of paid vacation, and 10+ paid holidays per year.
• Eligible for 5 days of sick leave per year.
• Company shuttles offered for round trip travel from select Seattle locations to the Redmond office.