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- 1-2 — basic awareness. Minimal hands-on experience, and a rudimentary understanding of the technology's purpose;
- 3-6 — daily use. Comfortable and regular usage, capable of handling common tasks and challenges related to the technology;
- 7-9 — you are an expert, you can teach others, you know all the pitfalls and tricks;
- 10 — exceptional knowledge, comprehensive understanding, and adeptness in all aspects of the technology, including advanced problem-solving. Think twice before claiming or demanding such level.
Details
SpaceXAI is seeking a software engineer to help rebuild and transform the X Ads Platform using its infrastructure and AI stack. The role involves working on products and systems operating at massive scale, with opportunities for early-career engineers to take ownership, learn from experienced engineers, and ship impactful products.
Responsibilities
- Build and ship product features across the X Ads Platform.
- Work on systems related to ad delivery, targeting, optimization, measurement, and advertiser experience.
- Use SpaceXAI's infrastructure and AI capabilities to improve the performance and quality of advertising products.
- Contribute to distributed systems that need to be reliable, fast, and scalable.
- Collaborate with engineers, product leads, and cross-functional partners to turn ideas into working products.
- Learn quickly, take ownership, and operate in a fast-moving environment where high-quality execution matters.
- Debug, maintain, and improve production systems that serve real users and drive significant business impact.
Requirements
- Strong software engineering fundamentals.
- Ability to write clean, maintainable code and learn new codebases quickly.
- Strong problem-solving skills and comfort working through ambiguity.
- Experience building software through internships, projects, research, open-source work, startups, or full-time roles.
- Interest in backend systems, distributed systems, data pipelines, product engineering, or AI applications.
- A bias toward action, including shipping, learning from real users, and improving quickly.
- Strong ownership mindset and willingness to take responsibility for meaningful parts of the product.
- Excitement about building high-quality product experiences for advertisers and users.
Preferred Skills and Experience
- Experience with ads, recommendations, search, ranking, marketplaces, payments, analytics, or growth systems.
- Experience working with large-scale backend systems or data processing pipelines.
- Experience with React, Golang, Python, Rust, gRPC, Java, or Scala.
- Experience with machine learning, LLMs, experimentation, ranking, or optimization systems.
- Prior startup, research, internship, or high-impact project experience.
Technologies
- React
- Golang
- Python
- Rust
- gRPC
- Java
- Scala
Compensation and Benefits
- Base salary: $150,000–$350,000 USD per year.
- Equity.
- Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage.
- 401(k) retirement plan.
- Short- and long-term disability insurance.
- Life insurance.
- Various discounts and perks.
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