Software Engineer, CDN (Starlink)

TL;DR

Software Engineer, CDN (Starlink): Design, build, and scale a new Content Delivery Network (CDN) for Starlink with an accent on building robust, responsive, and scalable distributed systems. Focus on optimizing hardware utilization, cost efficiency, and implementing traffic shaping systems across multiple CDNs.

Location: Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State

Salary: $122,500.00 - $170,000.00/per year

Company

hirify.global is actively developing the technologies to make human life on Mars possible and deploying Starlink, the world’s most advanced broadband internet system.

What you will do

• Design, build, and scale a new Content Delivery Network (CDN) for Starlink.
• Build robust, responsive, and scalable distributed systems.
• Build tools and alerting mechanisms to effectively diagnose, operate, and maintain complex, business-critical systems in real-time.
• Design algorithms to understand and optimize hardware utilization and cost efficiency.
• Implement the systems which shape traffic across multiple CDNs.
• Participate in architecture, design, and code reviews.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering or other STEM discipline OR 2+ years of professional experience in software development in lieu of a degree.
• Software development experience in C, C++, or Rust.
• Professional distributed systems experience.
• Networking experience.
• Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed.
• 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.

Nice to have

• Advanced degree in computer science or engineering.
• Professional experience designing, building, and scaling a CDN system.
• Professional experience working on complex networking systems (layers 0-7).
• Experience with Edge Networking, DNS, Traffic Management, Caching, Load Balancing, SSL/TLS, DDoS protection, and/or monitoring.
• Knowledgeable in network topology, numerical optimization techniques, graph theory approaches, or convex optimization.

Culture & Benefits

• Eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of company stock, stock options, or long-term cash awards.
• Potential discretionary bonuses and the ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Access to comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k)-retirement plan, short and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, paid parental leave, and various other discounts and perks.
• Accrue 3 weeks of paid vacation and will be eligible for 10 or more paid holidays per year.
• Exempt employees are eligible for 5 days of sick leave per year.
• Company shuttles are offered to employees for round trip travel from select Seattle locations to the hirify.global Redmond office Monday to Friday.