xAI
Sr. Software Engineer, Search Infrastructure
$150K–$400K
Palo Alto, CA · Senior · Full-time · Posted Aug 5, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems, or experience with storage or hardware architecture.
About the job
Designs, builds, and operates large-scale search infrastructure, including real-time indexing, query serving, and data pipelines.
What you'll do
- Build scalable search systems that meet high-volume, latency, and reliability requirements.
- Improve search internals and help set the technical direction for core infrastructure.
- Operate production services, including monitoring, debugging, incident response, and performance optimization.
What they ask for
- Experience developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems, storage, or hardware architecture.
- Experience with high-performance Rust, C++, or JVM-based languages.
- Experience with operating system internals, filesystems, networking, or database storage engines.
Nice to have
- Hands-on experience with Elasticsearch, Lucene, or similar search and indexing technologies.
- Contributions to open-source search or infrastructure projects.
Pay
$150,000 - $400,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Rust, C++, JVM-based languages, Elasticsearch, Lucene
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