Hiring: Software Engineer - Search Infrastructure Company: SpaceXAI Location: Palo Alto, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-03 10:23:39 Target Skills & Keywords : C++, Data Pipeline, Elasticsearch, Rust About the job Experience: •Contributions to open-source search or infrastructure projects Required Skills: •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 Qualifications: •5+ years developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems  or experience with storage or hardware architecture. •Proficient in high performance Rust, C++  or JVM-based languages •Applied hands-on capability in search and indexing technologies (Elasticsearch, Lucene, or similar) and an understanding of how they work and why •Obsessed performance, reliability, scalability and quality •Demonstrated capacity 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 Compensation: •$150,000 - $400,000 / year Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!