Sr. Software Engineer, Search Infrastructure

United States·Palo Altomid

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Key Responsibilities

Design and build large scale search infrastructure (real-time indexing, serving, and data pipelines) that handles massive write and query loads with strict latency and reliability

Requirements Summary

5+ years developing large-scale infrastructure, distrib

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SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today, SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of making life multiplanetary and expanding consciousness to the stars.

SpaceXSI is building Super Intelligence to help humanity understand the universe. Our teams are building the full Super Intelligence stack: from our Colossus supercomputers, to Grok models, to our suite of applications, including Grok Bot, Grok Build, Grok Imagine, Grok Voice, and X. We're creating a powerful flywheel where more compute trains better models, better models power more useful products, and what we learn from people using those products shapes what we build next.

As a senior backend engineer, you’ll design and build scalable, high-performance systems that power subscriptions infrastructure, new monetized products, user growth, and creator monetization. You’ll work on mission-critical infrastructure that processes millions of transactions, optimizes user acquisition and retention, and enables creators to earn a living through their content. This is a unique opportunity to make a large-scale revenue impact while creating products that users and businesses love.

Responsibilities

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→Design and build large scale search infrastructure (real-time indexing, serving, and data pipelines) that handles massive write and query loads with strict latency and reliability requirements
→Go deep into search internals (indexing, query execution, and relevance) and help shape the technical direction of the core search infrastructure
→Operate production services end to end, including monitoring, debugging, incident response, and performance optimization
→Lead and drive incident responses and recovery with your peers. Review and contribute to incident postmortems and hold a high bar for the same

Requirements

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5+ years developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or experience with storage or hardware architecture
Experience with high performance Rust, C++ or JVM-based languages
Experience with operating system internals, filesystems, networking, or database storage engines

Hands-on experience with search and indexing technologies (Elasticsearch, Lucene, or similar) and an understanding of how they work and why
Obsessed performance, reliability, scalability and quality
Ability to take full ownership of problems and learn whatever is needed to solve them
Comfortable moving quickly in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities and tight deadlines
Contributions to open-source search or infrastructure projects

What We Offer

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$150,000 - $400,000 USD

Base salary is just one part of our total rewards package at SpaceXSI, which also includes equity, comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short & long-term disability insurance, life insurance, and various other discounts and perks.

SpaceXSI is an equal opportunity employer. For details on data processing, view our Recruitment Privacy Notice.

Location & Eligibility

Where is the job

Palo Alto, United States

On-site at the office

Who can apply

About this job

Pay per year: $150,000–$400,000 a year; 45% above the $189,182 median for Software Engineer jobs on Jobera (6,747 salaries).
Who can apply: United States
Posted: 86 days ago
Employer: has 309 open jobs on Jobera in 7 countries.