X Ads is one of the highest‑leveraged product areas at X. You’ll work on systems that operate at massive scale, directly affect the business, and are being rebuilt with modern infrastructure and AI at the center. This is an opportunity to join a small, fast‑moving team where early‑career engineers can take on real ownership, learn from strong engineers, and ship products that matter.
Software Engineer, Ads Product at SpaceXAI
On-site - Palo Alto, CA
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USD 150,000 - 350,000
Requirements
Skills
- 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: you like 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.
- 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.
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 closely 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.
Technologies
ReactGolangPythonRustgRPCJavaScala
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