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Requirements found

Writing Python (must) Sql (nice) Javascript (nice)

What this posting asks for

Level: Senior — The title says "Sr".

Main responsibilities

• Deploy, upgrade, operate, maintain, and scale our suite of mission-critical products and services
• Manage our underlying infrastructure as code and use modern observability tools to provide a complete picture of application health
• Closely collaborate with software engineers to design and build highly operable, maintainable, and testable systems
• Engage in and improve the entire software development lifecycle — from inception and design through deployment, operation, and continuous refinement
• Practice sustainable incident response and blameless postmortems
• Provide high-quality end-user support to vehicle software engineers
• Participate in the team’s on-call rotation
• Identify and eliminate performance bottlenecks using measurement and creative engineering
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, or an engineering discipline; OR 7+ years of professional experience in SRE or DevOps in lieu of …
• 3+ years of experience with Python and Python-based development frameworks

Competencies an interviewer will look for

• Technical skill Core
  In the posting: “SITE RELIABILITY ENGINEER (APPLICATION SOFTWARE)” · “The application software team is the central nervous system of SpaceX.” · “We build mission-critical platforms that accelerate vehicle software delivery, testing, and operations for every Falcon 9, Starship, and Dragon mission all w…”
  Show it by: Names the tools, languages or systems used and how; Explains a technical choice and its trade-off.
• Customer focus Core
  In the posting: “Provide high-quality end-user support to vehicle software engineers” · “Ability to communicate effectively with customers, peers, and management in both formal and informal settings” · “end users primarily use C++)”
  Show it by: Puts the customer's need in their own words; Shows a result for the customer, not only for the company.
• Planning and organisation Core
  In the posting: “The ideal candidate fully understands what they are building, enjoys hard problem solving, thinks strategically, and is decisive, organized, and self-critical.” · “You may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of company stock, stock options, or long-term cash awards, as well as potential discretionary …” · “You will also receive access to comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short & long-term disability insuranc…”
  Show it by: Shows how priorities were set when everything was urgent; Mentions deadlines met and how.
• Attention to detail and quality Core
  In the posting: “We build mission-critical platforms that accelerate vehicle software delivery, testing, and operations for every Falcon 9, Starship, and Dragon mission all w…” · “This position will have a meaningful impact on Starship by significantly reducing safety-critical build and test times for vehicle software.” · “We are looking for a Site Reliability Engineer who brings a strong SRE mindset, cares deeply about safety, quality, and attention to detail, and possesses th…”
  Show it by: Gives an example of an error caught before it caused harm; Names the check or standard they used.
• Teamwork and collaboration Core
  In the posting: “We value smart, motivated, collaborative engineers who treat teammates with fairness, respect, and support, and who want to take full ownership of challengin…” · “Closely collaborate with software engineers to design and build highly operable, maintainable, and testable systems”
  Show it by: Says what they did inside a team, not only what 'we' did; Shows how a disagreement was handled.
• Problem solving Supporting
  In the posting: “The ideal candidate fully understands what they are building, enjoys hard problem solving, thinks strategically, and is decisive, organized, and self-critical.”
  Show it by: Describes a real problem, the options considered and the one chosen; Shows how the cause was found, not just the fix.
• Communication Supporting
  In the posting: “Ability to communicate effectively with customers, peers, and management in both formal and informal settings”
  Show it by: Adapts the message to the listener; Gives an example of explaining something clearly in writing or speech.
• Ownership and accountability Supporting
  In the posting: “We value smart, motivated, collaborative engineers who treat teammates with fairness, respect, and support, and who want to take full ownership of challengin…”
  Show it by: Takes a task from start to finish without being chased; Owns a mistake and what was changed after it.
• Data and analysis Supporting
  In the posting: “Experience with databases and data modeling (Postgres, MySQL, ClickHouse, etc.)”
  Show it by: Uses a number to describe the situation or the result; Explains what the data showed and what was done with it.
• Stakeholder management Supporting
  In the posting: “employment with SpaceX is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, ge…”
  Show it by: Shows how they aligned people with different goals; Explains how they handled a 'no' from someone senior.

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