Software Engineer Observability
SpaceXAI builds frontier AI models and products including the Grok conversational assistant and a multimodal developer API.
Funding history
About SpaceXAI
SpaceXAI is a US-based AI company focused on accelerating scientific discovery and understanding the universe through reasoning, voice, image, video, and generative AI systems. Formerly xAI, it was acquired by SpaceX effective February 2, 2026, while continuing to operate the x.ai site and services.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will design and implement observability infrastructure for metrics, logging, and tracing. You will build telemetry pipelines, APIs, query engines, and user interfaces; establish instrumentation and alerting practices; integrate observability into internal platforms; and own the stack’s reliability, scalability, and performance.
Requirements
- Production-level proficiency in Go, Rust, Scala, or a similar language
- Deep understanding of distributed systems and telemetry architecture
- Experience building and operating infrastructure at scale
- Familiarity with Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, VictoriaMetrics, or ClickHouse
- Experience with Kafka, Redis, or large-scale time-series databases
- Experience operating observability pipelines in Kubernetes or similar orchestration environments
Responsibilities
- Design and implement observability infrastructure for metrics, logging, and tracing
- Build high-performance telemetry pipelines
- Develop APIs, query engines, and user interfaces for real-time insights
- Define and enforce instrumentation, alerting, and reliability practices
- Integrate observability into internal platforms
- Own the reliability, scalability, and performance of the observability stack
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