Software Engineer, Ads Product
xAI· Engineering
Palo Alto, CA$150k - $350kfull-timePosted 4mo ago
About the role
Software engineer role focusing on rebuilding and transforming the X Ads Platform using SpaceXSI's infrastructure and AI stack. Early-career engineers work on large-scale ad delivery, targeting, optimization, measurement, and advertiser experience, with ownership and impact on X’s revenue.
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 SpaceXSI'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.
Qualifications
- 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.
Skills
Required:Strong software engineering fundamentalsCode readability and maintainability
Benefits
- equity
- comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
- access to a 401(k) retirement plan
- short & long-term disability insurance
- life insurance
- various other discounts and perks
Last updated Oct 14, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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