Sr. Optical Network Engineer (Starlink)

Redmond, WAfull timeOn Site

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senior

$125k–$165k

H1B: no

SpaceX Sr. Optical Network Engineer (Starlink) at SpaceX to develop and deploy interconnection infrastructure for Starlink's global connectivity. Responsible for peering, transit, caching, and exchange strategies to optimize network performance and cost.

Responsibilities

Define and develop projects, milestones, and maintain roadmaps, practicing flexible prioritization and scope management to deliver on program directives
Lead the strategic evaluation and analysis of peering and transit opportunities, balancing cost efficiency, performance, and routing control across dozens of global markets
Interact with key stakeholders to identify their desired outcomes, take their inputs and deliver improvements to Peering owned processes
Build and maintain technical and commercial relationships with global peering partners. Use existing deep industry connections to accelerate execution
Design and maintain peering policies, including traffic management, route filtering, redundancy planning, and failover strategies
Collaborate with diverse teams across Starlink to ensure seamless integration of peering implementation
Lead global IX strategy, including location selection, capacity planning, and onboarding of new interconnects.
Work with partner teams to automate and operationalize interconnection workflows, including route validation, telemetry, incident response, and lifecycle tracking.

Qualification

Experience working with10+ years of experience designingExperience identifyingADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

Required

5+ years of experience in network infrastructure (peering, interconnection engineering, backbone architecture)
Experience working with: BGP, IP routing & network telemetry
Experience with IXPs (Internet exchange point), colocation environments, optical transport, and traffic engineering strategies

Preferred

10+ years of experience designing, building, and optimizing internet interconnects and peering systems
Experience identifying, negotiating, and executing legal agreements/requirements
Experience with building systems to support and maintain peering/interconnections
Extensive professional network within the global ISP, IXP, and content distribution community
Experience building real-time monitoring and alerting systems for interconnect performance and routing anomalies
Familiarity with Starlink-style distributed systems and the intersection of terrestrial and orbital network layers
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including technical documentation and stakeholder reporting
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

Benefits

Dental
Vision
401(k)
Parental Leave
Life Insurance

Company

SpaceX

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