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Software Engineer - X Data Engineering
PythonRustScalaGoJavaApache SparkApache KafkaApache FlinkBigQueryClickHouseNoSQLDistributed Systems
About the role
SpaceXAI's Data Engineer role involves building and operating a distributed data platform that powers hundreds of realtime and batch pipelines processing billions of events per day. The position includes designing pipelines, creating shared datasets, prototyping tooling for data workflows, owning data correctness, and partnering with product and business teams to address data gaps. The engineer will work across query engines and frameworks like BigQuery, Trino, Clickhouse, Flink, Kafka, Spark/S,
Requirements
3+ years professional software engineering experience, ideally in data engineering or distributed systems. Hands-on expertise in Python, Rust, Scala, Go or Java, and data pipeline toolings and distributed systems. Knowledge of realtime and batch data processing tools such as Spark/Kafka/Flink/SQL and various storage systems in RMDBs/NoSQL. Experience solving large scale problems and comfortable doing incremental quality work while building brand new systems. Proven records of interpreting
About the company
xAI
This company provides frontier AI models for developers, enabling them to build applications powered by reasoning, code, voice, image, and video generation. Their unified API, trained on a massive supercluster, offers a powerful and versatile platform for integrating advanced AI capabilities into various products and solutions.
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