Analytics Engineer - X
xAI· Engineering
Palo Alto, CA$180k - $440kFull-timePosted 2mo ago
About the role
Analytics Engineer role designing and maintaining data systems for high-impact quantitative analysis and business decision-making at SpaceXSI.
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and optimize end-to-end data pipelines for processing high-volume datasets using tools such as Spark, Kafka, Flink, etc.
- Develop quantitative models and statistical frameworks to support experimentation, forecasting, and performance measurement.
- Build and maintain data infrastructure that ensures data quality, consistency, and accessibility for analytical workflows.
- Collaborate with product engineering, product, and operations teams to translate business requirements into production-grade data systems and insights.
- Conduct A/B tests, causal analysis, and performance evaluations to drive measurable improvements in key metrics.
- Implement monitoring, alerting, and automation for data systems to support real-time decision support.
- Mentor team members on best practices for scalable data engineering and quantitative problem-solving
Qualifications
- 4+ years of experience building production data pipelines and infrastructure at scale.
- Strong proficiency in Python, SQL, and distributed computing frameworks (e.g., Spark, Flink, Hadoop).
- Demonstrated expertise in statistical methods, predictive modeling, hypothesis testing, and experimental design.
- Solid understanding of cloud services for data storage, processing, and orchestration.
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, or related quantitative field.
- Excellent problem-solving skills with a focus on delivering business impact through reliable systems
Skills
Required:PythonSQLDistributed computing
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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