Sr. Software Engineer, CDN (Starlink)

TL;DR

Sr. Software Engineer, CDN (Starlink): Designing, building, and scaling a new Content Delivery Network (CDN) for Starlink, a large satellite constellation providing internet access to users worldwide, with an accent on building robust and scalable distributed systems. Focus on optimizing hardware utilization, cost efficiency, and traffic shaping across multiple CDNs.

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

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

Company

hirify.global is actively developing the technologies to make human life on Mars possible.

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, visibility, and alerting mechanisms to diagnose, operate, and maintain complex 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 and lead architecture, design, and code reviews.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering or other STEM discipline AND 5+ years of professional experience in software development; Or 7+ years of software development experience in lieu of a degree.
• Software development experience in C, C++, or Rust.
• 3+ years of professional distributed systems experience or experience designing, building, and/ scaling a CDN system.
• 3+ years of professional networking experience.
• 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 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.
• Developed, debugged, and deployed scalable software that has been used in real world applications/projects.

Culture & Benefits

• 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.
• 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.