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# Backend Software Engineer, GNC (Starlink)

- **Company:** Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
- **Location:** Redmond, WA, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $125,000.0 - $175,000.0
- **Contract:** Internship / Graduate position
- **Skills:** Data Analysis, Application Performance Management, C++ (Programming Language), Profiling, Code Review, Continuous Integration, Relational Databases, Distributed Systems, Video Game Development, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Software Engineering, Software Systems, Test Execution Engine, Virtualization Technology, High Performance Computing, Backend, Containerization, Kubernetes, Software Coding, Software Version Control, Docker, Golang
- **Published:** June 2, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=c3d3d8a0f92aff80

## About the Role

Do you have experience in Virtualization?, Do you have a Bachelor's degree?, * Bachelors degree in STEM & 1+ year of industry and/or internship experience; OR 2+ years of professional software development experience in lieu of a STEM degree.

 * Professional experience writing code in C++, Python, Golang, or similar.

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

 * Strong professional experience writing C or C++ in a production environment
 * Experience with distributed systems or large-scale consumer internet systems
 * Production experience with containerization technologies (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes)
 * Understanding of version control, testing, continuous integration, build, deployment, and monitoring.
 * Experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL, CockroachDB, or similar)
 * Experience with profiling and improving application performance.
 * Experience in real-time rendering, game engine development, physics simulation, or other real-time, resource-constrained, high-performance computing is a plus
 * Previous experience with satellites or spacecraft systems is a plus

## Description

* Develop highly reliable and available software systems for managing thousands of satellites in low-earth orbit.
 * Participate in architecture, design, and code reviews.
 * Develop prototypes to prove out key design concepts and quantify technical constraints.
 * Develop tools for software development and deployment, data analysis and visualization, and test execution across multiple environments, including virtualized hardware environments, real hardware-in-the-loop simulations, and on-orbit testing.
 * Deploy reliable software, test execution, and data analysis as part of a continuous integration and release system.


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