Sr. Software Engineer, Data Engineering

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Sr. Software Engineer, Data Engineering in USA new

xAI
Full time
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USA
11/07/2026
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Palo Alto, CA

Responsibilities

Design, build, and operate production-grade realtime and batch data pipelines.
Create shared datasets, fact tables, and internal data products for analysis, debugging, and product improvement.
Build tooling for backfills, dashboards, report generation, and self-serve data access.
Own data correctness through output validation, denominator reconciliation, independent recomputation, and root-cause investigations.
Select and adapt across query engines, streaming frameworks, batch frameworks, and storage systems.
Partner with product and business teams to identify data gaps and prioritize data acquisition and improvement.
Ship efficient, accurate, and reliable incremental solutions based on feedback.

Requirements

5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
Experience with Python, Rust, Scala, Go, or Java, along with data pipeline tooling and distributed systems.
Software engineering experience in data engineering or distributed systems is preferred.
Knowledge of realtime and batch processing tools such as Spark, Kafka, Flink, and SQL, plus relational and NoSQL storage systems.
Experience solving large-scale problems and building new systems incrementally with a focus on quality.
Ability to translate product requirements into engineering implementation plans and communicate effectively across AI, product, marketing, sales, and engineering groups.

Benefits

$180,000–$330,000 USD base salary.
Equity, medical, vision, and dental coverage.
401(k) retirement plan, short- and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, discounts, and other perks.

Salary: $180k - $330k/yr

xAI

xAI builds advanced AI systems designed to deeply understand the universe and support humanity's quest for knowledge. Targeting innovators and thinkers, our platform emphasizes engineering excellence and hands-on collaboration, fostering an environment where curiosity drives results.

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