SpaceXAI

Software Engineer Search Infrastructure

  • United StatesPalo Alto, CA
  • USD 150,000 – 400,000 per year
  • Posted 8 Sept 2026
  • cppdata pipelinesdistributed systemselasticsearchjvmnetworkingrust

You will build search infrastructure for real-time indexing, serving, and data pipelines. You will work on indexing, query execution, and relevance, then operate services through monitoring, debugging, incident response, and performance optimization. Responsibilities ---------------- * Design and build large-scale search infrastructure, indexing, serving, and data pipelines * Shape the technical direction of search indexing, query execution, and relevance * Operate production services through monitoring, debugging, incident response, and optimization * Lead incident response and recovery * Contribute to incident postmortems Requirements ------------ * 5+ years developing large-scale infrastructure or distributed systems, or experience with storage or hardware architecture * High-performance Rust, C++, or JVM-based languages * Search and indexing technologies such as Elasticsearch or Lucene * Operating system internals, filesystems, networking, or database storage engines Benefits -------- * Equity * Medical coverage * Vision coverage * Dental coverage * 401(k) retirement plan * Short-term disability insurance * Long-term disability insurance * Life insurance * Discounts and perks

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