Software Engineer, Data Platform

The Data Platform team builds and operates the infrastructure responsible for all large-scale data transport and processing across the company. As a software engineer, you will design, build, and operate distributed systems powering SpaceXAI's data movement, owning components that process trillions of events daily. Responsibilities include designing high-throughput data ingestion, scaling Kafka infrastructure, tuning Spark/Flink/Trino, building APIs for petabyte-scale data, and collaborating on

Proven expertise in distributed systems, stream processing, or large-scale data platforms; proficiency in Rust, Go, Scala or similar systems languages; hands-on experience with Kafka, Flink, Spark, Trino, or Hadoop in production; strong debugging, profiling, and performance optimization skills; track record of shipping and maintaining critical infrastructure; comfort working in fast-moving, high-stakes environments with minimal guardrails.