Member of Technical Staff - Data Platform

Palo Alto, CAfull timeOn Site

senior

$180k–$440k

H1B: no

xAI Senior Software Engineer on the Data Platform team responsible for designing and operating distributed systems for large-scale data transport and processing. Focus on scalability, performance, and reliability of infrastructure supporting real-time ML pipelines and analytics.

Responsibilities

Design and implement high-throughput, low-latency data ingestion and transport systems
Scale and optimize multi-tenant Kafka infrastructure supporting real-time workloads
Extend and tune Spark, Flink, and Trino for demanding production pipelines
Build interfaces, APIs, and pipelines enabling teams to query, process, and move data at petabyte scale
Debug and optimize distributed systems, with a focus on reliability and performance under load
Collaborate with ML, product, and infrastructure teams to unblock critical data workflows

Qualification

Bachelor’s degree in computer scienceExperience with KafkaProficiency in RustProven expertise in distributed systemsStrong debuggingComfortable working in fast-moving

Required

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, math, or technical discipline; OR 5+ years of professional software development experience in lieu of a degree
Experience with Kafka, Flink, Spark, Trino, or Hadoop in production

Preferred

Proficiency in Rust, Go, Scala or similar systems languages
Proven expertise in distributed systems, stream processing, or large-scale data platforms
Strong debugging, profiling, and performance optimization skills
Track record of shipping and maintaining critical infrastructure
Comfortable working in fast-moving, high-stakes environments with minimal guardrails

Benefits

Dental
Vision
401(k)
Equity/RSU
Life Insurance

Company

xAI

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